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+xmpp-parsers
+============
+
+What’s this?
+------------
+
+A crate which provides parsers and serialisers for most XMPP elements, to avoid
+having to deal with XML manually.  It validates its inputs by default, and aims
+at providing useful errors when a particular XML element was invalid.
+
+What license is it under?
+-------------------------
+
+MPL-2.0 or later, see the `LICENSE` file.