diff --git a/distro/CHANGELOG b/distro/CHANGELOG
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+v. 1.0.0 (09-06-2014)
+ * First release
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diff --git a/distro/INSTALL b/distro/INSTALL
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diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
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+gCube System - License
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The gCube/gCore software is licensed as Free Open Source software conveying to the EUPL (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/eupl).
+The software and documentation is provided by its authors/distributors "as is" and no expressed or
+implied warranty is given for its use, quality or fitness for a particular case.
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diff --git a/distro/MAINTAINERS b/distro/MAINTAINERS
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+* Loredana Liccardo (loredana.liccardo@isti.cnr.it), CNR Pisa, Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo"
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diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
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+The gCube System - Database Resource Manager algorithms
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This work is partially funded by the European Commission in the
+context of the iMarine project (www.d4science.eu), under the 1st call of FP7 IST priority.
+
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+* Loredana Liccardo (loredana.liccardo@isti.cnr.it), CNR Pisa,
+ Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo".
+
+
+Version and Release Date
+------------------------
+
+${version}
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The Database Resource Manager algorithms manage the heterogeneity of the Databases resources indexed
+in the infrastructure by means of the Database Resource Manager library.
+
+
+Download information
+--------------------
+
+Source code is available from SVN:
+http://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/data-access/DatabasesResourcesManagerAlgorithms
+
+Binaries can be downloaded from:
+n/a
+
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+For installation and using please referer to INSTALL.
+
+Documentation is also available on-line from the Projects Documentation Wiki:
+https://gcube.wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php
+
+
+Licensing
+---------
+
+This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
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+
+
+ first release
+
+
+
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diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
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+
+ servicearchive
+
+ tar.gz
+
+ /
+
+
+ ${distroDirectory}
+ /
+ true
+
+ README
+ LICENSE
+ INSTALL
+ MAINTAINERS
+ changelog.xml
+
+ 755
+ true
+
+
+
+
+
+ /
+ true
+
+
+
+ /${artifactId}
+
+
+
+ /${artifactId}
+ true
+
+
+
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diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
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+
+
+
+ Service
+
+ Database Resource Manager algorithms
+ DataAccess
+ ${artifactId}
+ ${version}
+
+
+ ${artifactId}
+ ${version}
+
+ ${groupId}
+ ${artifactId}
+ ${version}
+
+
+ ${build.finalName}.jar
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/distro/svnpath.txt b/distro/svnpath.txt
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+++ b/distro/svnpath.txt
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+http://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/data-access/DatabasesResourcesManagerAlgorithms
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