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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2013). All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Licensed 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 org.osgi.annotation.versioning;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Specify the version of a package.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * This annotation is not retained at runtime. It is for use by tools to
+ * generate bundle manifests or otherwise process the version of a package.
+ * 
+ * @see <a href="http://www.osgi.org/wiki/uploads/Links/SemanticVersioning.pdf"
+ *      >Semantic Versioning</a>
+ * @author $Id: dcb5aff364bf7d59d647211711ae0e32697cc56f $
+ */
+@Documented
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
+@Target(ElementType.PACKAGE)
+public @interface Version {
+	/**
+	 * The version of the annotated package.
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * The version must be a valid OSGi version string.
+	 */
+	String value();
+}