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+Hets Protege Plugin
+===================
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+To compile this Protege plugin a protege installation is required.
+It easily can be checked out from svn and compiled using this script:
+
+	#!/bin/sh -e
+
+	export PROTEGE_HOME=/home/josch/protege-hets/protege_home
+	mkdir -p $PROTEGE_HOME
+
+	svn checkout -q http://smi-protege.stanford.edu/repos/protege/protege4/protege-base/trunk protege-base
+	( cd protege-base; ant install; )
+
+	for i in org.protege.common org.protege.editor.core.application org.semanticweb.owl.owlapi org.protege.editor.owl org.protege.jaxb org.coode.owlviz; do
+		svn checkout -q http://smi-protege.stanford.edu/repos/protege/protege4/plugins/$i/trunk $i
+		( cd $i; ant install; )
+	done
+
+Bugs
+----