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+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
+[<!ENTITY % poky SYSTEM "../poky.ent"> %poky; ] >
+
+<chapter id='adt-manual-intro'>
+<title>Introduction</title>
+
+    <para>
+        Welcome to the Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide.
+        This manual provides information that lets you begin developing applications
+        using the Yocto Project.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+        The Yocto Project provides an application development environment based on
+        an Application Development Toolkit (ADT) and the availability of stand-alone
+        cross-development toolchains and other tools.
+        This manual describes the ADT and how you can configure and install it,
+        how to access and use the cross-development toolchains, how to
+        customize the development packages installation,
+        how to use command line development for both Autotools-based and Makefile-based projects,
+        and an introduction to the <trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark> IDE
+        Yocto Plug-in.
+        <note>
+            The ADT is distribution-neutral and does not require the Yocto
+            Project reference distribution, which is called Poky.
+            This manual, however, uses examples that use the Poky distribution.
+        </note>
+    </para>
+</chapter>
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