diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/.classpath b/openbis_standard_technologies/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..05fcfe28af18ae3714b0439f43ea61ebd980aa48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/.classpath
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="source/java"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="targets/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/.project b/openbis_standard_technologies/.project
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b19f1395cd0172894f63d9b4515a218f84f94b4
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+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/.project
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>openbis_standard_technologies</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/.gitignore b/openbis_standard_technologies/source/java/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from openbis_standard_technologies/.gitignore
rename to openbis_standard_technologies/source/java/.gitignore