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+# ONAP O-Parent
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+## Description
+
+ONAP O-Parent provides common default settings for all the projects participating in simultaneous release.
+
+* Isolate all the common external dependencies, default version, dependency management, plugin management, etc.
+* Avoid duplicate/conflicting settings for each project
+* Each project sets its parent to inherit the defaults from ONAP Parent
+* Project level external dependencies and versions can be overridden if necessary
+
+All projects participating in simultaneous release will inherit defaults from O-Parent.
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