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 # Microformats2
-# NO LONGER MAINTAINED
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+# Development Status
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+This gem sat unmaintained for quite a long time. It's now under new management. Work will begin shortly on getting it on par with the other Microformats2 parsers and the current state of the spec. (2015-12-23) 
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