HHH-5263 - Improve preface

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objects versus relational databases. Hibernate is an Object/Relational Mapping solution for Java environments. objects versus relational databases. Hibernate is an Object/Relational Mapping solution for Java environments.
The term Object/Relational Mapping refers to the technique of mapping a data representation from an object model The term Object/Relational Mapping refers to the technique of mapping a data representation from an object model
to a relational data model with a SQL-based schema; to a relational data model with a SQL-based schema;
see <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-relational_mapping"/> for a discussion. see <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-relational_mapping">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-relational_mapping</ulink>
for a discussion.
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<ulink url="http://www.agiledata.org/essays/dataModeling101.html"/> <ulink url="http://www.agiledata.org/essays/dataModeling101.html">http://www.agiledata.org/essays/dataModeling101.html</ulink>
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<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_modeling"/> <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_modeling">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_modeling</ulink>
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If you have questions, use the user forum linked on the Hibernate website. We also There are a number of ways to become involved in the Hibernate community, including
provide a JIRA issue tracking system for bug reports and feature requests. If you <itemizedlist>
are interested in the development of Hibernate, join the developer mailing list. If <listitem>
you are interested in translating this documentation into your language, contact us
on the developer mailing list.
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Commercial development support, production support, and training for Hibernate is Trying stuff out and reporting bugs. See
available through JBoss Inc. (see http://www.hibernate.org/SupportTraining/). <ulink url="http://hibernate.org/issuetracker.html">http://hibernate.org/issuetracker.html</ulink>
Hibernate is a Professional Open Source project and a critical component of the details.
JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS) suite of products. </para>
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Trying your hand at fixing some bugs or implementing enhancements. Again, see
<ulink url="http://hibernate.org/issuetracker.html">http://hibernate.org/issuetracker.html</ulink>
details.
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<ulink url="http://hibernate.org/community.html">http://hibernate.org/community.html</ulink> list
a few ways to engage in the community.
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There are forums for users to ask questions and receive help from the community.
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There are also <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat">IRC</ulink>
channels for both user and developer discussions.
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Helping improve or translate this documentation. Contact us on the developer mailing list
if you have interest.
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Evangelizing Hibernate within your organization.
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