diff --git a/scripts/create-rc.sh b/scripts/create-rc.sh
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+++ b/scripts/create-rc.sh
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+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ] || [ -z "$RC" ]
+then
+  echo "First set the VERSION and RC environment variables."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+git tag -s "v$VERSION-rc.$RC" -m "v$VERSION-rc.$RC"
+git push origin tag "v$VERSION-rc.$RC"
+make distsign
diff --git a/scripts/obtain-rc.sh b/scripts/obtain-rc.sh
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+++ b/scripts/obtain-rc.sh
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+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ] || [ -z "$RC" ]
+then
+  echo "First set the VERSION and RC environment variables."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+curl -O https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/annotator/source/$VERSION/rc.$RC/apache-annotator-$VERSION-rc.$RC-incubating.tar.gz
+curl -O https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/annotator/source/$VERSION/rc.$RC/apache-annotator-$VERSION-rc.$RC-incubating.tar.gz.asc
+curl -O https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/annotator/source/$VERSION/rc.$RC/apache-annotator-$VERSION-rc.$RC-incubating.tar.gz.sha256
+curl -O https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/annotator/source/$VERSION/rc.$RC/apache-annotator-$VERSION-rc.$RC-incubating.tar.gz.sha512
diff --git a/scripts/publish-rc.sh b/scripts/publish-rc.sh
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+++ b/scripts/publish-rc.sh
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+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ] || [ -z "$RC" ]
+then
+  echo "First set the VERSION and RC environment variables."
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [ -z "$APACHE_USERNAME" ]
+then
+  echo "First set the APACHE_USERNAME environment variable."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/annotator/source dev
+mkdir -p dev/$VERSION/rc.$RC
+cp apache-annotator-$VERSION-rc.$RC-incubating.tar.gz* dev/$VERSION/rc.$RC
+if [ $RC == "1" ]
+then
+  svn add dev/$VERSION
+else
+  svn add dev/$VERSION/rc.$RC
+fi
+svn propset svn:mime-type text/plain dev/$VERSION/rc.$RC/*.gz.asc dev/$VERSION/rc.$RC/*.gz.sha*
+svn ci --username $APACHE_USERNAME -m "Add Annotator $VERSION rc.$RC to dev tree" dev
diff --git a/scripts/verify-rc.sh b/scripts/verify-rc.sh
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+++ b/scripts/verify-rc.sh
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+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ] || [ -z "$RC" ]
+then
+  echo "First set the VERSION and RC environment variables."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+gpg --verify apache-annotator-*.tar.gz.asc
+
+sha256sum --check apache-annotator-*.tar.gz.sha256
+sha512sum --check apache-annotator-*.tar.gz.sha512
+
+tar xzf apache-annotator-$VERSION-rc.$RC-incubating.tar.gz
+cd apache-annotator-$VERSION-incubating
+
+git remote show origin
+
+git fetch --unshallow origin tag v$VERSION-rc.$RC
+
+git describe
+
+git status --ignored
+
+# We need Apache RAT.
+RAT_VERSION="0.13"
+RAT_JAR_FOLDER="$HOME/.apache-rat-used-for-verifying-annotator"
+RAT_JAR_FILE_PATH="$RAT_JAR_FOLDER/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}.jar"
+if [ ! -f "$RAT_JAR_FILE_PATH" ]
+then
+  read -p "Did not find Apache RAT at $RAT_JAR_FILE_PATH. Download it? [y/N] " response
+  if [[ $response =~ (Y|y|YES|Yes|yes) ]]
+  then
+    wget -c -P "$RAT_JAR_FOLDER" "https://dlcdn.apache.org/creadur/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}-bin.zip"
+    unzip -d "$RAT_JAR_FOLDER" "$RAT_JAR_FOLDER/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}-bin.zip"
+  else
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+java -jar "$RAT_JAR_FILE_PATH" -E .ratignore -d .
+
+make
+yarn build
+make check
+
+yarn clean
+git status --ignored