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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+ <herd>sci</herd>
+ <longdescription lang="en">
+ We refer to the step by step conversion from an algorithm that
+ computes function values to an algorithm that computes derivative
+ values as Algorithmic Differentiation (AD); often referred to as
+ automatic differentiation. Given a C++ algorithm that computes
+ function values, CppAD generates an algorithm that computes
+ corresponding derivative values (of arbitrary order using either
+ forward or reverse mode).
+</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>