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+#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
+#include <CoreServices/CoreServices.h> 
+
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Step 1
+   Set the UTI types the importer supports
+  
+   Modify the CFBundleDocumentTypes entry in Info.plist to contain
+   an array of Uniform Type Identifiers (UTI) for the LSItemContentTypes 
+   that your importer can handle
+  
+   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Step 2 
+   Implement the GetMetadataForFile function
+  
+   Implement the GetMetadataForFile function below to scrape the relevant
+   metadata from your document and return it as a CFDictionary using standard keys
+   (defined in MDItem.h) whenever possible.
+   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Step 3 (optional) 
+   If you have defined new attributes, update the schema.xml file
+  
+   Edit the schema.xml file to include the metadata keys that your importer returns.
+   Add them to the <allattrs> and <displayattrs> elements.
+  
+   Add any custom types that your importer requires to the <attributes> element
+  
+   <attribute name="com_mycompany_metadatakey" type="CFString" multivalued="true"/>
+  
+   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+
+
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Get metadata attributes from file
+   
+   This function's job is to extract useful information your file format supports
+   and return it as a dictionary
+   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+Boolean GetMetadataForFile(void* thisInterface, 
+			   CFMutableDictionaryRef attributes, 
+			   CFStringRef contentTypeUTI,
+			   CFStringRef pathToFile)
+{
+    /* Pull any available metadata from the file at the specified path */
+    /* Return the attribute keys and attribute values in the dict */
+    /* Return TRUE if successful, FALSE if there was no data provided */
+    
+    #warning To complete your importer please implement the function GetMetadataForFile in GetMetadataForFile.c
+    return FALSE;
+}