diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/build.xml b/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/build.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0">
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+<project name="depender" default="run" xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
+    <!-- some variables used -->
+    <property name="lib.dir" value="${basedir}/lib" />
+    <property name="build.dir" value="${basedir}/build" />
+    <property name="classes.dir" value="${build.dir}/classes" />
+    <property name="src.dir" value="${basedir}/src" />
+
+    <!-- ivy properties used -->
+    <property name="ivy.settings.dir" value="../settings" />
+    <property file="${ivy.settings.dir}/ivysettings.properties" />
+    
+    <!-- paths used for compilation and run  -->
+    <path id="lib.path.id">
+        <fileset dir="${lib.dir}" />
+	</path>
+    <path id="run.path.id">
+        <path refid="lib.path.id" />
+        <path location="${classes.dir}" />
+    </path>
+
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: init
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="init">
+	<taskdef resource="org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml"
+		 uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant"
+		 classpath="${ivy.jar}"/>
+
+	<ivy:settings file="${ivy.settings.dir}/ivysettings.xml" />
+
+        <taskdef name="sigil.bundle"
+          classname="org.cauldron.bld.ant.BundleTask"
+          classpath="${sigil-ivy-plugin.jar}"/>
+    </target>
+
+    
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: resolve              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="resolve" depends="init"
+    	description="--> resolve and retrieve dependencies with ivy">
+        <ivy:retrieve />
+    </target>
+    
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: report              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="report" depends="resolve" description="--> generates a report of dependencies">
+        <ivy:report todir="${build.dir}" dot="true"/>
+    </target>
+    
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: gen-graph
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="gen-graph" depends="report" description="--> generates a graph of dependencies (requires dot in your path - see http://www.graphviz.org/)">
+    	<property name="dot.file" value="${build.dir}/apache-depending-default.dot" />
+    	<property name="ivygraph.output.file" value="${build.dir}/graph.png" />
+    	<exec executable="dot">
+    	    <arg line="-T png -o ${ivygraph.output.file} ${dot.file}" />
+    	</exec>
+    </target>
+    
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: compile              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="compile" depends="resolve" description="--> description">
+        <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
+        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}" classpathref="lib.path.id" />
+    </target>
+    
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: run
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="run" depends="clean, compile" description="--> compile and run the project">
+        <java classpathref="run.path.id" classname="depending.Main"/>
+    </target>
+    
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: clean              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="clean" description="--> clean the project">
+        <delete includeemptydirs="true">
+            <fileset dir="${basedir}">
+            	<exclude name="src/**" />
+            	<exclude name="build.xml" />
+		<exclude name="ivy.xml" />
+		<exclude name="sigil.properties" />
+	    </fileset>
+    	</delete>
+    </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/ivy.xml b/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/ivy.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+<ivy-module version="1.0">
+    <info organisation="org.apache" module="depender"/>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency name="dependee" rev="latest.integration" />
+    </dependencies>
+</ivy-module>
diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/sigil.properties b/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/sigil.properties
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+++ b/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/sigil.properties
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+# depender sigil.properties
+
+-bundles: depender
+
+-imports: standalone
+
+# end
diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/src/depending/Main.java b/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/src/depending/Main.java
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+++ b/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/depender/src/depending/Main.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package depending;
+
+/**
+ * TODO write javadoc
+ */
+public final class Main {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String standaloneVersion = standalone.Main.getVersion();
+        if (standaloneVersion != null) {
+            System.out.println("you are using version " + standaloneVersion 
+                + " of class " + standalone.Main.class.getName());
+        } else {
+            System.err.println("failed to get version of " + standalone.Main.class.getName());
+        }
+        String message = "i am " + Main.class.getName() 
+            + " and " + standalone.Main.class.getName() + " will do the job for me";
+        System.out.println("standard message : " + message);
+        System.out.println("capitalized message : " + standalone.Main.capitalizeWords(message));
+    }
+    
+    private Main() {
+    }
+}