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+# Member-state specific eIDAS Application
+
+## Description
+
+The member-state specific eIDAS application (ms-specific eIDAS) implements the bridge between the eIDAS reference implementation provides by European commission and the national eID system. This application consists of two parts
+
+- **MS-specific Connector:** implements the bridge to connect a national service-provider to a foreign idenity-provider. 
+
+- **MS-specific Proxy-Service:** implements the bridge to connect a foreign service-provider to national eID system (ID Austria). This feature is not implemented yet.
+
+  
+
+### Building
+
+The application uses SpringBoot as core framework, but the default build-profile does not build an executable jar. There, the application has to be deployed into an application service, like Apache Tomcat
+
+The project can be build with :
+
+```
+mvn clean package
+```
+
+The resulting `war` file can be deployed into an application server
+
+Set Java System-Property _-Deidas.ms.configuration=/path/to/configuration..._ to set the configuration for this application
+
+
+
+If you like to build an executable SpringBoot application with embedded Tomcat then use:
+
+```
+mvn -P embbededTomcat clean package
+```
+
+The resulting `jar` file can be run with java:
+
+```
+java -jar ./connector/target/ms-connector.jar
+```
+
+But it is also directly executalbe
+
+```
+./connector/target/ms-connector.jar
+```
+
+In case of a executable application package, the configuration can be either set by Java System-Property _-Deidas.ms.configuration=/path/to/configuration..._  or by default SpringBoot configuration features.
+
+
+
+### Configuration
+
+A default configuration is located at _basicConfig/_
+
+
+
+## Generate a BM.I Release Package
+
+The full release packages for BM.I infrastructure will be automatically assembled by maven build-process.  Before release build, all release related information have to added into infos folder. To add release informations follow the steps outlined below.
+
+Add a file with release informations to:
+```
+./infos/readme_{version}.txt
+```
+
+Add additional eIDAS Node related information into:
+
+```
+./infos/eIDAS_Ref_Impl/
+```
+
+Add, remove, or update the application description in the handbook and store the handbook for the current release version as pdf. 
+
+```
+modify: ./infos/handbook-work_in_progress.docx
+store pdf to: ./infos/handbook/handbook-{version}.pdf
+```
+
+Generate a release package with:
+
+
+```
+mvn clean package
+```
+
+The full release package will be located add
+```
+./target/ms_specific_connector-{version}-dist.tar.gz
+```
+
+
+
+## Changelog
+
+**v1.2.0**
+
+- Anpassungen zur Anbindungen an das E-ID System
+- Update auf eIDAS Ref. Impl. 2.5.0 mit Apache Ignite Cache
+  https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/eIDAS-Node+version+2.5
+- TODO:
+
+
+
+**v1.1.0**
+
+  - Update auf eIDAS Ref. Impl. 2.4.0 mit Apache Ignite Cache
+    https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/eIDAS-Node+version+2.4
+  - Statischer Service-Provider Name für öffentliche Applikationen 
+  - Mindest LoA, welche für Requests an eIDAS Proxy-Services verwendet wird.
+  - Requested Attributes je Land konfigurierbar
+  - Neue Template-Engine mit i18n Unterstützung
+  - Neuer Algorithmus zur Generierung von Sessiontokens  
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