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+## RDF Working Group Repository
+
+This Mercurial repository is used by the [RDF WG](http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/wiki/Main_Page). Read access is public; write access is limited to all members of the RDF WG.
+
+### Active Editor's Drafts
+
+* [RDF 1.1 Abstract Syntax](https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/rdf/raw-file/default/rdf-concepts/index.html)
+* [Turtle](https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/rdf/raw-file/default/rdf-turtle/index.html)
+* [RDF Vocabulary Description Language 1.1: RDF Schema](https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/rdf/raw-file/default/rdf-schema/index.html)
+
+### Other drafts and experimental work
+
+* [RDF Spaces and Datasets (RDF/JSON)](https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/rdf/raw-file/default/rdf-spaces/index.html)
+* [RDF 1.1 JSON Serialisation (RDF/JSON)](https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/rdf/raw-file/default/rdf-json/index.html)
+
+To download all specifications:
+
+    hg clone https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/rdf
+
+### Repository structure
+
+Work happens in subdirectories like these:
+
+    /rdf-concepts
+    /rdf-mt
+    /rdf-schema
+    /rdf-primer
+    /rdf-turtle
+    /rdf-syntax-grammar
+    /ReSpec.js (shared copy of ReSpec)
+
+### Additional information
+
+* [Richard's mail explaining branches in the repository](http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2011Aug/0032.html)
+** [Ivan's correction](http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2011Aug/0033.html)
+* [hg init](http://hginit.com/) — a good intro to mercurial
+
+### Mercurial 101
+
+For those who have not used mercurial before, here is how to start:
+
+    # To start:
+    # Create on your own filespace a directory for mercurial
+    cd mercurial-directory
+    # Create a clone of the repository
+    hg clone https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/rdf/
+
+    # From that point on:
+    # Edit a file
+    cd rdf
+    edit Any-file-in the-directory-tree
+
+    # Commit the change to your local clone
+    hg commit -m 'Some comments on what you did and why'
+
+    # Push all your local changes to the public repository
+    cd rdf
+    hg push
+    # (If you get the error "did you forget to merge? use push -f to force"
+    # then you'll need to do a merge.  DO NOT use push -f.)
+
+    # To receive changes made by others into your local repository:
+    cd rdf
+    hg pull
+    hg update 
+
+    # the two previous steps can be in one:
+    hg pull -u