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 In other Java-based environments, the library can be referred to by its
-group ID (`com.upokecenter`), artifact ID (`cbor`), and version, as given above.  A non-release version of this library is `5.0.0-alpha` rather than the version number given above.
+group ID (`com.upokecenter`), artifact ID (`cbor`), and version, as given earlier.  A non-release version of this library is `5.0.0-alpha` rather than the version number given earlier.
 
 ## Documentation