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Hire experts who turn XML into clean HTML, text, or other XML formats, build maintainable stylesheet logic, and connect transformations to publishing and integration workflows. FRATCH matches you quickly with vetted, available freelancers suited to your project.

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Sascha B.

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Frontend / UX Engineer

Berlin
Sascha B.

Last position:

Web Developer at GxPlex

  • Built a customized MediaWiki instance, including installation, MySQL database, SSL, and automatic backups
  • Set up user roles (Admin, Mod, Verified, User) and a permissions system
  • FlaggedRevisions for editorial review workflows · Commenting and rating extensions
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Ursula H.

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Product Owner | Scrum Master | Finance Expert

Munich
Ursula H.

Last position:

Sub-Project Lead & Scrum Master at DB Energie

Sub-project lead in an agile IT environment

Leading a software development team (10 employees)

  • Leading a software development team with 10 employees
  • Budget responsibility approx. 3 million euros per year
  • Conducting employee and job interviews
  • Responsibility for resource planning (budget and employees)
  • Digitalization of a web interface
  • Regular reporting to customers and stakeholders (C-level)
  • Product management: developing and implementing product strategies; defining requirements to guide product development
  • Structuring product development & continuous testing efficiently to quickly incorporate feedback & compliance points
  • Close collaboration with stakeholders & various teams to understand requirements, set priorities, ensure rollout, and increase user-friendliness
  • Project experience in an energy industry company, including the functioning of energy markets, the basics of energy generation and distribution, as well as current challenges and developments in the industry
  • Project experience in the railway sector - including the structure and operation of railway systems.
  • Project experience within the 16.7 Hz traction power sector incl. knowledge of regulatory processes
  • Formulating the sub-project charter and the project profile according to the project standard together with the project management
  • Controlling service delivery according to the project charter
  • Planning and controlling human resources including budget planning for the sub-project
  • Ensuring the work capacity of the sub-project participants, e.g. by requesting access rights and documents for the sub-project team
  • Planning and control for the respective sub-project (time, scope, budget) including the creation of necessary documents
  • Alignment with the business department and Product Owners to plan the sub-project scope and the corresponding implications
  • Executing milestone planning according to the agreed process model
  • Effort estimation and support of sub-project controlling as well as overall project controlling in forecasting and planning
  • Reporting sub-project status (according to status slide template) including progress (according to progress measurement)
  • Analyzing, preparing, and addressing action and decision requirements
  • Escalating sub-project issues to the project management
  • Creating and managing Change Requests (CR)
  • Quality assessment of completed task packages from a project management perspective (time, scope, and budget)
  • Implementation management of the overarching guidelines and requirements in the sub-project, supported by cross-functional roles on the functional and technical side.
  • Identifying, managing, documenting, and communicating opportunities, risks, and dependencies within and across sub-projects
  • Supporting project management in creating the overall project plan and overall status reports
  • Preparing and managing commissioning including the required documents and protection needs assessment

Scrum Master in an agile IT environment supporting a software development team in the full-stack area (7 people)

  • Close collaboration with stakeholders & various teams to understand requirements, set priorities, ensure rollout, and increase user-friendliness
  • Implementation of the selected Scrum method, including the required events, meetings, artifacts (product backlog, sprint backlog, burndown charts), metrics, as well as conducting required training in an agile IT environment
  • Preparation of Scrum events such as Daily, retrospectives, Review, Sprint planning, estimation, and refinement (agile way of working)
  • Moderation of retrospectives and elimination of obstacles to move the team and product forward
  • Preparation of action items and retros via whiteboard and Figma
  • Application and improvement of agile methods such as Kanban, Scrum, SAFe, or Scrum of Scrums
  • Tracking the "Definition of Done" and "Definition of Ready" for all work results of the development team
  • Advising on information flow and communication improvements between Product Owner and project team
  • Experience with automation, validation such as mandatory field checks, notification functions, creation of filters, boards, and reports via JQL, and setting up cycle time
  • Use of Jira & Confluence
  • Setting up a progress measurement for project management to transparently map planned vs. actual team capacities and actual efforts for user stories
  • Measuring team progress: creating team KPIs: "velocity", "burn-down chart", "throughput", "costs", "quality", "scope"
  • Evaluation of agile metrics, process management, and process modeling methods (BPMN, EPC, UML)
  • Communication and moderation know-how
  • Methodological competence proven in conflict discussions
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Timo B.

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Freelancer (self-employed)

Borken
Timo B.

Last position:

Freelancer (self-employed) at enorin GmbH

  • Mendix low-code development / project management
  • Managing external resources
  • Customer and user management, roles
  • Master data entry
  • Quote preparation
  • Material costing
  • Workflows
  • Basic CRM functions
  • API interfaces (email, SMS, AI chatbot)
  • PDF API (.NET development using Aspose.PDF)
  • Stakeholder management (dev teams, enorin team, test client)
  • Risk management (backend access & sizing, role concepts)
  • Testing and staff training
  • Creating epics and stories in Confluence
  • Jira Scrum planning and management
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Niko S.

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Developing Architect / Solution Architect

Hamburg
Niko S.

Last position:

Developing Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze

  • Building a data integration platform for high, medium, and low voltage assets for contextual analysis of time series with master data from the SCADA control system (IEC 60870 104), INIS, and SAP.
  • Responsibility for the architecture and implementation of the solution, as well as sparring partner for the Product Owner.
  • Use of Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter, and various API gateways.
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Sercan T.

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Certified Professional for Software Architecture Foundation Level

Esslingen am Neckar
Sercan T.

Last position:

Co-Founder & Lead Software Architect at Pflege-Pfad

  • Focus: system architecture, cloud-native platforms, microservices, API design
  • Product: Pflege-Pfad is a digital matchmaking platform that connects relatives of people in need of care directly with verified care services and caregivers - without an agency and without ongoing fees.
  • Business analysis & process design:
  • Analysis of the German care market and identification of the key pain points of both target groups.
  • Modeling of the core business processes: registration, verification, care request, application, placement, and rating.
  • Definition of the business model as a freemium/premium model with optional contact unlocking.
  • Creation of user stories and requirements documentation for relatives, care services, and administrators.
  • Design of trust and quality assurance mechanisms with document upload, admin review process, and rating system.
  • Coordination with stakeholders and validation of product decisions with potential users.
  • Technical implementation:
  • Design and implementation of the entire platform architecture as a solo developer.
  • Design and implementation of a REST API with Spring Boot and Kotlin, including JWT-based authentication.
  • Development of the frontend as a single-page application with Angular 17.
  • Implementation of the AWS infrastructure with EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, and IAM.
  • Document upload with AWS S3 via presigned URLs for verification of care services.
  • Email notifications via Resend API.
  • AI-supported care service search via OpenAI API.
  • Implementation of complete user flows such as registration, login, password reset, and placement process.
  • Building an admin panel for user and care service management as well as analytics.
  • CI/CD with GitHub Actions and containerized deployments with Docker.
  • End-to-end tests with Playwright.

Technologies: Kotlin, Spring Boot 3, Spring Security, JWT, JPA/Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Angular 17, TypeScript, RxJS, AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, CloudFront CDN, RDS PostgreSQL, IAM), nginx, GitHub Actions, Playwright, Maven, Git, OpenAI API, Resend API, Docker, Scrum, i18n (DE/EN/TR), Kiro, feature-flag architecture.

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Tamás E.

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Senior Software Developer / Tech Lead

Munich
Tamás E.

Last position:

Senior Software Developer / Tech Lead at NDA (defense / OSINT)

  • Designing the audit logging framework
  • Implementing APIs for developers to integrate in their codebase
  • Implementing ingestion pipeline, database query layer and UI for browsing the audit events
  • Improving stability and reliability of the backend system
Verified expert

Rüdiger S.

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Full-Stack Software Engineer / Consultant for Digitalization

Berlin
Rüdiger S.

Last position:

Full-Stack Software Engineer / Consultant for Digitalization at ARTEVENT

  • Designed, built, and launched an internal event planning web application used by over 100 department leads for a large event, despite having no dedicated testing phase.

  • Ensured smooth, failure-free operation during first production use, leading to the tool being adopted for future events.

  • Automated catering calculations and related workflows, significantly reducing email communication and manual computation effort for meal planning.

  • Managed deployment and hosting on a Linux server using Coolify, including application setup and runtime operations.

  • Hired and guided a communication designer on UX while independently owning all technical decisions and implementation.

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Kersten L.

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Senior Consultant · Full-Stack Engineer · Coding Architect · AI Engineer · Coach

Dortmund
Kersten L.

Last position:

Lead Architect / Lead Developer at Bettles: Sports Betting Platform

  • Complete greenfield rebuild across the whole stack — built AI-native: backend in Go and NestJS, PostgreSQL (CNPG) on K3s with GitOps/Terraform; frontend on Angular 22, zoneless.
  • Orchestrated coding agents (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor) across the entire lifecycle — architecture, implementation, testing, reviews, documentation — driven by Specification-Driven Development (SDD).
  • “Bruno” — LLM commentator persona backed by RAG and MCP for a personality that stays consistent across all generations (match previews, post-match reports, his own virtual bets).

Angular 22 (zoneless, without Zone.js), Claude Code, Claude Code Skills, CNPG, Cursor, Design Tokens (Spec for Code), Docker, Gherkin, Git, GitLab, GitOps, Go, Google Gemini, Grafana, Hetzner Cloud, K3s, Keycloak, Kubernetes, Lighthouse, LLM Integration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), NestJS, Node.js, NPM, Playwright, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, RAG, REST, Specification-Driven Development (SDD), Structured Outputs, Terraform, TypeScript, Vitest

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Britta F.

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IT Transformation Consultant automotive

Britta F.

Last position:

Project Manager, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles / Aftersales

  • Independently responsible for the design and cross-market rollout of a safety-critical digitalization project for the centralized, transparent provision of vehicle and service data
  • Developed an integration concept for existing IT and workshop system...
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Kyu-Wang L.

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Software Architect & Lead Software Engineer

Lindlar
Kyu-Wang L.

Last position:

Software Architect & Lead Software Engineer at Landesamt für Steuern Niedersachsen

  • The goal of BIENE is to provide a uniform program for tax collection for all states.

  • In tax collection, the aim is to collect the assessed taxes. This includes handling due dates, documenting incoming and outgoing payments, triggering reminders or refunds. Statute of limitations and payment reminders also play an important role. All payment transactions with banks and accounting are mapped in BIENE.

  • Setting up the architecture and coordinating the provisioning of development and test environments at the Hanover location

  • Installing and configuring environments on Linux servers (Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL)

  • Interface tasks: coordinating and aligning the integration of software products from other departments and their test data

  • Upgrading application server, JDK, Maven project structure

  • Environment coordination and build management

  • Implementing external interfaces

  • Implementing business requirements

  • Designing and implementing RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specifications

  • Designing and implementing microservice architecture

  • Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

  • Deploying applications on OpenShift

  • Creating technical documentation and diagrams

  • Working with SQL databases (Oracle and PostgreSQL)

  • Setting up authentication and authorization for the application and users

  • Containerizing the application (automated deployment via CI/CD pipeline)

Verified expert

Armin V.

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Software Developer

Wiesbaden
Armin V.

Last position:

Software Developer at DFS GmbH

  • TANGe is a DFS project to introduce a modern digital tower system that is meant to make airport air traffic handling safer, more efficient, and future-ready. My current task in this project is the development of the Runway SID Assignment Service, which is responsible for assigning departure routes from an airport. SID - Standard Instrument Departure stands for a standardized departure route.

Software: Java, microservices, Kafka, Robot Framework, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Docker

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Olaf T.

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BI Architect in Kanban Team

Jessen (Elster)
Olaf T.

Last position:

BI Architect in Kanban Team at Gulp / Randstad for HHLA

  • Creation of automated tests.
  • Extension of the functionality of the enterprise BI data warehouse.
  • Design and development in SQL and PL/SQL.
  • Data modeling as well as performance measurement and tuning.
  • Creation of and contribution to user stories and concepts.
  • Technical environment: Windows, Linux.
  • Database: Oracle 19c incl. DWH, CDB, PDB.
  • Tools: Confluence, CVS, Eclipse, Git, GitLab, Jira, N4, PL/SQL, SQL Developer, utPLSQL.
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Volker A.

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Fullstack Developer

Mannheim
Volker A.

Last position:

Senior Frontend Angular Developer at fintus GmbH

  • Senior Frontend Angular and Frontend
  • Integrating Camunda processes into the frontend
  • Development supported by ChatGPT (Codex) and Claude (skills etc.)

Knowledge: Angular, Camunda

Products used: Claude, Codex, ChatGPT, Camunda

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Thorsten L.

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Senior Developer & AppSec Specialist

Krefeld
Thorsten L.

Last position:

Senior Security Analyst

  • Analysis and remediation of security vulnerabilities in a risk assessment system for energy trading
  • System analysis
  • Threat modeling
  • Decision-making on vulnerability mitigation strategies
  • Implementation of vulnerability detection mechanisms
  • Security scans
  • DevSecOps practices
  • Technical environment: Visual Studio Code, JetBrains Suite, MS Threat Modeling Tool, DevSecOps, Git, AWS, DynamoDB, SQL Server, Endur, Snowflake, Orca
  • Languages: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, SQL

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Statistics of experts using XSLT

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

25 years

XSLT experts have 25 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

3.2 years

XSLT experts stay in a single position for 3.2 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

17

XSLT experts have completed 17 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

XSLT experts have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive

XSLT experts are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Automotive.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

XSLT experts earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

86%

86% of XSLT experts hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

54%

54% of XSLT experts hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

10%

10% of XSLT experts have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

3

XSLT experts hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

XSLT experts most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

96%

96% of XSLT experts speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 26 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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57% of XSLT experts charge less than €800 per day.
40% of XSLT experts charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
3% of XSLT experts charge €1200 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.

Average rates of experts using XSLT

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 758 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 760 €

The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.

Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 26 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

XSLT experts industry focus

See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

  • Information Technology (97%)
  • Banking and Finance (58%)
  • Automotive (47%)
  • Manufacturing (47%)
  • Professional Services (42%)
  • Healthcare (41%)
  • Government and Administration (41%)
  • Telecommunication (41%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

XML transformation fundamentals

XSLT, short for Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations, is a declarative language for converting XML documents into other structures. It uses templates, XPath expressions, variables, parameters, and output rules to process structured data. Common results include HTML pages, plain text, XML feeds, and documents prepared for downstream systems.

Where XSLT fits

XSLT is useful when source XML must be reshaped without changing the originating system. It appears in publishing pipelines, document exchange, catalog data, financial reporting, public-sector records, healthcare messaging, and enterprise integrations. It can also generate browser-ready content from XML or prepare data for APIs and archival workflows.

  • Convert XML into HTML, XHTML, text, or another XML vocabulary
  • Map nested source structures to target schemas
  • Produce repeatable reports and document outputs
  • Apply conditional rules, sorting, grouping, and formatting

Ecosystem and tooling

Strong work with XSLT usually includes XPath and XML Schema, plus familiarity with namespaces, validation, and encodings. Depending on the project, specialists use XSLT 1.0, XSLT 2.0, or XSLT 3.0 with processors such as Saxon, Java-based transformation services, .NET integrations, or command-line pipelines. XSL-FO may be relevant when XML is transformed into print-ready documents.

When companies need specialists

Freelance expertise is valuable when legacy stylesheets are difficult to maintain, mappings have become inconsistent, or a transformation must support a new schema. Companies also bring in specialists during migrations, integration projects, publishing changes, and performance reviews. A focused review can expose namespace errors, unsafe assumptions, duplicated templates, and weak test coverage.

  • A new XML schema must be mapped to an existing output
  • Transformations fail on namespaces, optional nodes, or large files
  • A stylesheet needs refactoring without changing its output
  • Outputs require validation, regression tests, or processor migration

What strong professionals deliver

Experienced XSLT professionals clarify source and target schemas before writing templates. They separate reusable rules from presentation concerns, use XPath precisely, handle edge cases, and document processor-specific behavior. They also test representative XML samples, compare generated output, and consider memory use when transformations process large documents.

Working with XSLT expertise

A well-scoped engagement should identify the processor, language version, input samples, expected output, validation rules, and delivery environment. Remote collaboration works well when schemas, test fixtures, transformation logs, and acceptance examples are shared clearly. On-site work can help when the transformation is tied to confidential publishing or integration operations, but the technical requirements remain the same.

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Frequently asked questions

Curious about XSLT? Here are the answers that come up again and again.

XSLT transforms XML into HTML, text, or another XML structure. Companies use it for publishing, reporting, data exchange, document generation, and integrations between systems with different schemas.

XSLT is a strong choice when the input is XML and the transformation rules are structural, repeatable, and declarative. Alternatives such as application code, XQuery, or direct JSON mapping may fit better when data is not XML or when the process requires extensive procedural logic.

A capable XSLT specialist usually works confidently with XPath, XML Schema, namespaces, validation, and encoding rules. Experience with Saxon, Java or .NET integration, HTML, XSL-FO, version control, and automated testing can also be important.

The right level depends on the transformation's complexity, processor, and risk. A small stylesheet change may need focused knowledge, while schema migrations, performance work, and legacy refactoring call for a professional who can trace dependencies and protect existing output.

Yes. XSLT projects are often well suited to remote collaboration because schemas, sample documents, stylesheets, and expected outputs can be shared digitally. Clear acceptance examples and access to the relevant processor are more important than physical presence.

The appropriate XSLT version depends on the existing processor, deployment constraints, and required features. Compatibility may favor 1.0, while 2.0 or 3.0 can provide stronger sequence handling, grouping, functions, and modular processing when the runtime supports them.

Ask for representative input and output tests, clear handling of namespaces and missing data, and evidence that the stylesheet runs on the target processor. High-quality XSLT work is readable, modular, validated, and protected against regressions.

A freelancer should confirm the XML schemas, processor and version, input volume, output requirements, validation rules, and deployment process. For XSLT work, sample files and known edge cases are especially useful because small structural differences can change the result.

The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used XSLT in their recent projects is 95 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 758 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers who have used XSLT in their recent projects, 86% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 54% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers who have used XSLT in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers who have used XSLT in their recent projects are German (100%), English (94%), and French (25%).

The most common industries among freelancers who have used XSLT in their recent projects are Information Technology (97%), Banking and Finance (58%), and Automotive (47%).

The most common business areas among freelancers who have used XSLT in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Product Development (94%), and Quality Assurance (70%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used XSLT

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg

In Austria our freelancers and interim experts support companies from Vienna to Graz — on-site where your project needs them, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

Vienna Graz

Across Switzerland our specialists are active in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern — working on-site or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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