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Signed-off-by: Laird Nelson <ljnelson@gmail.com>

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+# microBean™ Attributes
+
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.microbean/microbean-attributes.svg?label=Maven%20Central)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.microbean/microbean-attributes)
+
+The microBean™ Attributes project provides classes and interfaces assisting with representing annotation-like constructs.
+
+# Status
+
+This project is currently experimental, in a pre-alpha state, and unsuitable for production use.
+
+# Compatibility
+
+**Until further notice, this project's APIs are subject to frequent backwards-incompatible signature and behavior
+changes, regardless of project version and without notice.**
+
+# Requirements
+
+microBean™ Attributes requires a Java runtime of version 23 or higher.
+
+# Installation
+
+microBean™ Attributes is available on [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/).  Include microBean™ Attributes as a Maven
+dependency:
+
+```xml
+<dependency>
+  <groupId>org.microbean</groupId>
+  <artifactId>microbean-attributes</artifactId>
+  <!-- Always check https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.microbean/microbean-attributes for up-to-date available versions. -->
+  <version>0.0.1</version>
+</dependency>
+```
+
+# Documentation
+
+Full documentation is available at [microbean.github.io/microbean-attributes](https://microbean.github.io/microbean-attributes/).