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+# E-CORD Profile
+
+This repository is intended to host XOS Models definitions and XOS GUI Extensions that are horizontal to the profile and not tight to a single service
+
+It contains models and GUIs for both `ecord-local` and `ecord-global` profiles
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+*
+!.gitignore
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+*
+!.gitignore
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+*
+!.gitignore
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+*
+!.gitignore