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 # java-sdk-core
-This project contains the core classes used by Java SDK's generated by the IBM OpenAPI 3 SDK Generator (openapi-sdkgen).
-Java code generated by openapi-sdkgen will depend on the classes contained in this project.  Therefore, each Java SDK project
-will need to define a dependency on this project.
+This project contains the core classes used by Java SDK's generated by the IBM OpenAPI SDK Generator (openapi-sdkgen).
+Java code generated by openapi-sdkgen will depend on the classes contained in this project.  Therefore, each Java SDK project will need to define a dependency on this project.
+
+## Installation
+You can use this project by defining it as a dependency within your "Java SDK" project (i.e. a project containing java code generated by the IBM OpenAPI SDK generator).
+To find the correct version to specify in your dependency definitions, consult the `Releases` tab of this github repository.   There you will find the published releases (versions) of the project.
+
+##### Maven
+```xml
+<dependency>
+	<groupId>com.ibm.cloud</groupId>
+	<artifactId>sdk-core</artifactId>
+	<version>1.1.0</version>
+</dependency>
+```
+
+##### Gradle
+
+```gradle
+'com.ibm.cloud:sdk-core:1.1.0'
+```
+# Issues
+
+If you encounter an issue with this project, you are welcome to submit a [bug report](https://github.com/IBM/java-sdk-core/issues).
+Before opening a new issue, please search for similar issues. It's possible that someone has already reported it.
+
+## Open source @ IBM
+
+Find more open source projects on the [IBM Github Page](http://github.com/IBM)
+
+## License
+
+This library is licensed under Apache 2.0. Full license text is
+available in [LICENSE](LICENSE).
+
+## Contributing
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+## Code of conduct
+
+See [CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).