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+# Use alpine linux as base image
+FROM alpine:latest AS tei2korapxml
+
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk add --no-cache git \
+            perl \
+            perl-io-socket-ssl \
+            perl-dev \
+            g++ \
+            make \
+            wget \
+            perl-doc \
+            libxml2-dev \
+            perl-xml-libxml \
+            perl-module-pluggable \
+            openjdk21-jre \
+            curl && \
+    set -o pipefail
+
+# Install cpm (faster CPAN module installer)
+RUN curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kupietz/cpm/main/cpm > /bin/cpm && chmod a+x /bin/cpm
+
+# Copy repository respecting .dockerignore
+COPY . /tei2korapxml
+
+WORKDIR /tei2korapxml
+
+# Install build-time dependencies required by Makefile.PL
+RUN cpm install --test -g File::ShareDir::Install
+
+# Install all Perl module dependencies from Makefile.PL
+RUN cpm install --test -g \
+    File::ShareDir \
+    File::Share \
+    XML::CompactTree::XS \
+    XML::LibXML::Reader \
+    IO::Compress::Zip \
+    IO::Uncompress::Unzip \
+    Log::Any \
+    Time::Progress \
+    XML::Loy
+
+# Run Makefile.PL and install (this will install share files properly)
+RUN perl Makefile.PL && make install
+
+# Remove all build dependencies to reduce image size
+RUN rm /bin/cpm && \
+    apk del git \
+            perl-dev \
+            perl-doc \
+            g++ \
+            wget \
+            libxml2-dev \
+            curl && \
+    rm -rf /root/.cpanm \
+           /usr/local/share/man
+
+# Create non-root user for security
+RUN addgroup -S korap && \
+    adduser -S tei2korapxml -G korap && \
+    chown -R tei2korapxml:korap /tei2korapxml
+
+USER tei2korapxml
+
+# Set up entrypoint
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+# Default command shows help
+CMD ["--help"]
+
+LABEL description="Docker Image for tei2korapxml - TEI P5 to KorAP-XML converter"
+LABEL maintainer="korap@ids-mannheim.de"
+LABEL repository="https://github.com/KorAP/KorAP-XML-TEI"
+
+# Build command:
+# docker build -f Dockerfile -t korap/tei2korapxml:x.xx-large .
+
+# Slimming with mintoolkit/mint (https://github.com/mintoolkit/mint):
+# mint build --http-probe=false \
+#            --exec="tei2korapxml --version" \
+#            --include-workdir=true \
+#            --include-path="/usr/local/share/perl5/site_perl/KorAP/" \
+#            --tag korap/tei2korapxml:x.xx \
+#            --tag korap/tei2korapxml:latest \
+#            korap/tei2korapxml:x.xx-large