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+# Aries JPA
+
+Implements the OSGi JPA Service Specification from the enterprise spec. Additionally some convenience
+services are provided to make it easier to use JPA in blueprint and DS.
+
+http://aries.apache.org/modules/jpaproject.html
+
+# Running tck tests
+
+See itests/jpa-tck-itest/README.txt
+
+# Releasing
+
+Run the tck tests to make sure we are still conforming to the spec.
+
+mvn clean deploy
+mvn release:prepare -Darguments="-DskipTests"
+mvn release:perform
+
+After the release make sure to adapt the versions in the tck test modules.
