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 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ietf-tools/datatracker)](https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/blob/main/LICENSE)
 [![Code Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/ietf-tools/datatracker/branch/feat/bs5/graph/badge.svg?token=V4DXB0Q28C)](https://codecov.io/gh/ietf-tools/datatracker)
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