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-(C) original authors
-
-This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. 
-More info and a link to the full license text is available on http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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-# Sample & Test Files
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-This repository has been moved to [the buildingSMART community organisation](https://github.com/buildingsmart-community/Community-Sample-Test-Files)
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-A new official Sample-Test-Files repository will be created later. 
-Please update your references to the new location.