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     3) publish (deploy an online book to disseminate the compendium), and 4) 
     version (automatically generate specific online book versions 
     and Docker images for specific Bioconductor releases). 
-Version: 0.99.13
+Version: 1.0.0
 Date: 2023-08-03
 Authors@R: 
     person(