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 Implements a file handler class for [sword-fedora](https://github.com/slub/sword-fedora)
 SWORD server which handles deposits of media type `application/vnd.qucosa.mets+xml`.
+
+## Building
+
+The Qucosa SWORD file handler is an extension to sword-fedora. For compilation the sword-fedora
+classes have to be installed in your local Maven repository.
+
+To achieve this, simply clone [sword-fedora](https://github.com/slub/sword-fedora) and run
+`mvn install`.
+
+## Deployment
+
+Make sure the Qucosa SWORD file handler Jar is present in your sword-fedora deployments class path.
+Then add `<handler class="org.purl.sword.server.fedora.fileHandlers.QucosaMETSFileHandler"/>` to the
+`<file_handlers` section in the `properties.xml` you use for configuring the SWORD server.
+