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 I am currently interested in hiring a contractor skilled with the Go
 standard library interfaces to specify this tool in full and develop a
 prototype implementation.
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+# See also
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+## Prior art: Metalink
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+* https://wiki.mozilla.org/Metalink
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+* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink
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+* https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5854
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+* https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6249.html
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