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+# aas-core3.0-cpp
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+[![Build and Test](https://github.com/aas-core-works/aas-core3.1-cpp/actions/workflows/build-and-test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/aas-core-works/aas-core3.1-cpp/actions/workflows/build-and-test.yml)
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+[![Doc](https://github.com/aas-core-works/aas-core3.1-cpp/actions/workflows/doc.yml/badge.svg)](https://aas-core-works.github.io/aas-core3.1-cpp/)
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+This is a software development kit (SDK) in C++ to manipulate, verify and de/serialize Asset Administration Shells based on the version 3.1 of the meta-model.
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+The documentation is available on: https://aas-core-works.github.io/aas-core3.1-cpp/
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+The code has been automatically generated in great part by [aas-core-codegen].
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+[aas-core-codegen]: https://github.com/aas-core-works/aas-core-codegen