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-Maintainer wanted!
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-Would you like to maintain this project? (Please [get in touch](https://github.com/scala/scala#get-in-touch) with someone from the scala/scala core team!)
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 API documentation is available [here](http://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/scala-xml/).
 
+## Maintenance status
+This library is community-maintained. The lead maintainer is [@biswanaths](https://github.com/biswanaths).
+
 ## Security best practices
 The XML spec has some features that are best turned off, to avoid unsavory things like file system access, DoS attacks,... Issue [#17](https://github.com/scala/scala-xml/issues/17) tracks the recommended way of configuring the xml parser used by scala-xml to avoid these. This is by no means an exhaustive list. We'll be happy to incorporate your suggestions -- just comment on the ticket!