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+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
+[<!ENTITY % poky SYSTEM "../poky.ent"> %poky; ] >
+<!--SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-2.0-UK-->
+
+<book id='sdk-manual' lang='en'
+      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
+      xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+      >
+    <bookinfo>
+
+        <mediaobject>
+            <imageobject>
+                <imagedata fileref='figures/sdk-title.png'
+                    format='SVG'
+                    align='left' scalefit='1' width='100%'/>
+            </imageobject>
+        </mediaobject>
+
+        <title>
+            Yocto Project Application Development and the Extensible Software Development Kit (eSDK)
+        </title>
+
+        <authorgroup>
+            <author>
+                <affiliation>
+                    <orgname>&ORGNAME;</orgname>
+                </affiliation>
+                <email>&ORGEMAIL;</email>
+            </author>
+        </authorgroup>
+
+        <revhistory>
+            <revision>
+                <revnumber>2.1</revnumber>
+                <date>April 2016</date>
+                <revremark>The initial document released with the Yocto Project 2.1 Release.</revremark>
+            </revision>
+            <revision>
+                <revnumber>2.2</revnumber>
+                <date>October 2016</date>
+                <revremark>Released with the Yocto Project 2.2 Release.</revremark>
+            </revision>
+            <revision>
+                <revnumber>2.3</revnumber>
+                <date>May 2017</date>
+                <revremark>Released with the Yocto Project 2.3 Release.</revremark>
+            </revision>
+            <revision>
+                <revnumber>2.4</revnumber>
+                <date>October 2017</date>
+                <revremark>Released with the Yocto Project 2.4 Release.</revremark>
+            </revision>
+            <revision>
+                <revnumber>2.5</revnumber>
+                <date>May 2018</date>
+                <revremark>Released with the Yocto Project 2.5 Release.</revremark>
+            </revision>
+            <revision>
+                <revnumber>2.6</revnumber>
+                <date>November 2018</date>
+                <revremark>Released with the Yocto Project 2.6 Release.</revremark>
+            </revision>
+            <revision>
+                <revnumber>2.7</revnumber>
+                <date>May 2019</date>
+                <revremark>Released with the Yocto Project 2.7 Release.</revremark>
+            </revision>
+            <revision>
+                <revnumber>3.0</revnumber>
+                <date>October 2019</date>
+                <revremark>Released with the Yocto Project 3.0 Release.</revremark>
+            </revision>
+            <revision>
+                <revnumber>3.1</revnumber>
+                <date>&REL_MONTH_YEAR;</date>
+                <revremark>Released with the Yocto Project 3.1 Release.</revremark>
+            </revision>
+       </revhistory>
+
+    <copyright>
+      <year>&COPYRIGHT_YEAR;</year>
+      <holder>Linux Foundation</holder>
+    </copyright>
+
+    <legalnotice>
+      <para>
+        Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
+        the terms of the <ulink type="http" url="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England &amp; Wales</ulink> as published by Creative Commons.
+      </para>
+           <note><title>Manual Notes</title>
+               <itemizedlist>
+                   <listitem><para>
+                       This version of the
+                       <emphasis>Yocto Project Application Development and the Extensible Software Development Kit (eSDK)</emphasis>
+                       manual is for the &YOCTO_DOC_VERSION; release of the
+                       Yocto Project.
+                       To be sure you have the latest version of the manual
+                       for this release, go to the
+                       <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_URL;'>Yocto Project documentation page</ulink>
+                       and select the manual from that site.
+                       Manuals from the site are more up-to-date than manuals
+                       derived from the Yocto Project released TAR files.
+                       </para></listitem>
+                   <listitem><para>
+                       If you located this manual through a web search, the
+                       version of the manual might not be the one you want
+                       (e.g. the search might have returned a manual much
+                       older than the Yocto Project version with which you
+                       are working).
+                       You can see all Yocto Project major releases by
+                       visiting the
+                       <ulink url='&YOCTO_WIKI_URL;/wiki/Releases'>Releases</ulink>
+                       page.
+                       If you need a version of this manual for a different
+                       Yocto Project release, visit the
+                       <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_URL;'>Yocto Project documentation page</ulink>
+                       and select the manual set by using the
+                       "ACTIVE RELEASES DOCUMENTATION" or "DOCUMENTS ARCHIVE"
+                       pull-down menus.
+                       </para></listitem>
+                   <listitem>
+                       <para>
+                       To report any inaccuracies or problems with this
+                       (or any other Yocto Project) manual, send an email to
+                       the Yocto Project documentation mailing list at
+                       <filename>docs@lists.yoctoproject.org</filename> or
+                       log into the freenode <filename>#yocto</filename> channel.
+                       </para>
+                   </listitem>
+               </itemizedlist>
+           </note>
+    </legalnotice>
+
+    </bookinfo>
+
+    <xi:include href="sdk-intro.xml"/>
+
+    <xi:include href="sdk-extensible.xml"/>
+
+    <xi:include href="sdk-using.xml"/>
+
+    <xi:include href="sdk-working-projects.xml"/>
+
+    <xi:include href="sdk-appendix-obtain.xml"/>
+
+    <xi:include href="sdk-appendix-customizing.xml"/>
+
+    <xi:include href="sdk-appendix-customizing-standard.xml"/>
+
+<!--    <index id='index'>
+      <title>Index</title>
+    </index>
+-->
+
+</book>
+<!--
+vim: expandtab tw=80 ts=4
+-->