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 Project versioning information and stability guarantees can be found [here](./rationale.md#versioning-and-releasing).
 
 ## Getting started
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 You can find the getting started guide for OpenTelemetry Python [here](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/instrumentation/python/getting-started/).
 
 If you are looking for **examples** on how to use the OpenTelemetry API to