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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
+<package format="3">
+  <name>redf</name>
+  <version>0.0.1</version>
+  <description>A tool to describe ROS endpoints</description>
+  <author email="koonpeng@intrinsic.ai">Teo Koon Peng</maintainer>
+  <maintainer email="yadunund@intrinsic.ai">Yadunund</maintainer>
+  <license>Apache License 2.0</license>
+
+  <build_depend>cargo</build_depend>
+
+  <export>
+    <build_type>ament_cargo</build_type>
+  </export>
+</package>