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 Package: metajam
 Type: Package
 Title: Easily Download Data and Metadata from 'DataONE'
-Version: 0.3.1
+Version: 0.3.1.9000
 Date: 2024-08-06
 Authors@R: c(
               person("Julien", "Brun", 
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+# metajam (development version)
+
 # metajam 0.3.1
 
 Fix some tests that could failed due to the APIs being down.