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+Package: RKorAPClient
+Type: Package
+Title: KorAP Web Service Client Package
+Version: 0.0.1
+Author: KorAP-Team @ IDS Mannheim
+Maintainer: KorAP-Team <korap@ids-mannheim.de>
+Description: A simple package that makes KorAP's web serice API accessible from R.
+License: BSD2
+Encoding: UTF-8
+LazyData: true
+RoxygenNote: 6.1.1