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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
+
+<chapter>
+  <header>
+    <copyright>
+      <year>2008</year>
+      <year>2008</year>
+      <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
+    </copyright>
+    <legalnotice>
+  The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+  Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+  compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+  Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+  retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+
+  Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+  basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+  the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+  under the License.
+
+  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB.
+    </legalnotice>
+
+    <title>Introduction</title>
+    <prepared>Ingela Anderton Andin</prepared>
+    <responsible></responsible>
+    <docno></docno>
+    <approved></approved>
+    <checked></checked>
+    <date>2008-01-22</date>
+    <rev>A</rev>
+    <file>introduction.xml</file>
+  </header>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>Purpose</title>
+    <p> This application provides an API to public key infrastructure
+    from  RFC 3280 (X.509 certificates) and public key formats defined
+    by the PKCS-standard.</p>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>Prerequisites</title>
+    <p>It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the Erlang
+    programming language, concepts of OTP and has a basic understanding
+    of the concepts of using public keys.</p>
+  </section>
+
+</chapter>
+