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-jspm Registry
+JSPM Registry
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 Pull requests welcome!
 
+The JSPM Registry is a loader baseURL located at `https://registry.jspm.io`, providing common dependency-managed libraries.
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+For example, jquery is located at `https://registry.jspm.io/jquery.js`, or `https://registry.jspm.io/jquery@2.0.3.js`.
+
 While the registry is small enough, all registry entries are managed through Github, moderated by the registry maintainers.
 
 * The registry provides a mapping from a _unique registry name_ to a _target package_: