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	<p><a href="roles.html">Roles and Responsibilities</a></p>
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	<pre>Defines the recognized roles in the project.</pre>
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	<p><a href="communication.html">Communication</a></p>
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	<pre>Defines how users and developers communicate.</pre>
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	<pre>Defines how action items are proposed and voted on.</pre>
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	<pre>Defines how the Project's source code is organized and developed.</pre>
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	<pre>Defines the roles and responsibilities of the Project Management Committee (PMC).</pre>
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	<pre>Defines the methodology for proposing new top level DB Subprojects.</pre>
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	<p>This is a living document. Changes can be made by the Project Management
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