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+Chameleon-Mini
+=============
+
+This is the main repository of the Chameleon-Mini project, a versatile smartcard emulator.
+
+Further information can be found in the [project wiki](https://github.com/skuep/ChameleonMini/wiki) 
+and the [doxygen documentation](http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/skuep/ChameleonMini/blob/master/Doc/Doxygen/html/index.html)