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+# uap-ref-impl [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/ua-parser/uap-ref-impl.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ua-parser/uap-ref-impl)
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+This repository contains the reference parser implementation of [uap-core](https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core).
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+Specification for parsing the regexes file is at [uap-core/docs](https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core/blob/master/docs/specification.md).
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+## License
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+Available under the [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).