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+COMPILE_DEPS = CORE_DEPS + JACKSON + ONOS_YANG + [
+    "@onos_yang_runtime//jar",
+    "//models/tapi:onos-models-tapi",
+    "//models/openconfig:onos-models-openconfig",
+    "//apps/yang:onos-apps-yang",
+    "//apps/config:onos-apps-config",
+]
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests(
+    test_deps = TEST_ADAPTERS,
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+)
+
+APPS = [
+    "org.onosproject.yang",
+    "org.onosproject.models.tapi",
+    "org.onosproject.models.openconfig",
+]
+
+# TODO probably bucklet, etc. should escape title & description
+onos_app(
+    app_name = "org.onosproject.odtn-api",
+    category = "Traffic Engineering",
+    description = "ODTN API &amp; Utilities Application",
+    required_apps = APPS,
+    title = "ODTN API &amp; Utilities Application",
+    url = "http://onosproject.org",
+)