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# Machine Contact Layer
<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/machine-contact-layer/.github/main/profile/banner.png" alt="OJOBIT" width="100%">
</p>

**A transport-independent layer for machines to meet, and to keep talking.**
<h1 align="center">Machine Contact Layer</h1>

<p align="center"><strong>A transport-independent layer for machines to meet, and to keep talking.</strong></p>

<p align="center">
<a href="https://github.com/machine-contact-layer/mcl-core/actions/workflows/ci.yml"><img alt="CI" src="https://github.com/machine-contact-layer/mcl-core/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg"></a>
<a href="https://github.com/machine-contact-layer/mcl-core/blob/main/LICENSE"><img alt="License Apache-2.0" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-blue"></a>
<img alt="status" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/status-Public%20Candidate-orange">
<img alt="C99 freestanding" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/C99-freestanding-informational">
<img alt="repos" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/repositories-8-lightgrey">
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<p align="center">
<a href="https://github.com/machine-contact-layer/mcl-sdk/blob/main/QUICKSTART.md"><b>Quickstart</b></a> ·
<a href="https://github.com/machine-contact-layer/mcl-sdk"><b>SDK</b></a> ·
<a href="https://github.com/machine-contact-layer/mcl-core/blob/main/conformance/ICS.md"><b>What is claimed</b></a> ·
<a href="https://github.com/machine-contact-layer/mcl-core/blob/main/REPORTING.md"><b>Report a defect</b></a>
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> ### Building something? Start with the SDK
>
> [**mcl-sdk**](https://github.com/machine-contact-layer/mcl-sdk) has the quickstart and the examples, and the release
> ships a self-contained developer SDK — one CMake project, no sibling checkout.
> This repository is the specification, governance and conformance authority —
> the thing the SDK implements.

Two machines end up in the same place. They may have been built by different
companies and never designed to work together; or they may both be yours, and
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