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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<p:declare-step xmlns:p="http://www.w3.org/ns/xproc"
+   xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/ns/xproc-step" version="3.0"
+   xmlns:ox="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal-xproc3"
+   type="ox:MINIMAL"
+   name="MINIMAL">
+
+  <!-- For samples and boilerplate see file ../projects/xproc-doc/xproc-snippets.xml -->
+
+  <p:identity/>
+   
+</p:declare-step>
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