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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<authors>
+  <author uid="patrick">
+    Patrick Ohly &lt;patrick.ohly@gmx.de&gt;
+  </author>
+  <author uid="pohly">
+    Patrick Ohly &lt;patrick.ohly@gmx.de&gt;
+  </author>
+</authors>