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HHH-5263 - Improve preface 

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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
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.
</para>
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<para>
<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>
</para>
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<para>
<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>
</para>
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</orderedlist>
<para>
If you have questions, use the user forum linked on the Hibernate website. We also
provide a JIRA issue tracking system for bug reports and feature requests. If you
are interested in the development of Hibernate, join the developer mailing list. If
you are interested in translating this documentation into your language, contact us
on the developer mailing list.
</para>
There are a number of ways to become involved in the Hibernate community, including
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<para>
Commercial development support, production support, and training for Hibernate is
available through JBoss Inc. (see http://www.hibernate.org/SupportTraining/).
Hibernate is a Professional Open Source project and a critical component of the
JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS) suite of products.
Trying stuff out and reporting bugs. See
<ulink url="http://hibernate.org/issuetracker.html">http://hibernate.org/issuetracker.html</ulink>
details.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
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.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<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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<listitem>
<para>
There are forums for users to ask questions and receive help from the community.
</para>
</listitem>
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<para>
There are also <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat">IRC</ulink>
channels for both user and developer discussions.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
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<para>
Helping improve or translate this documentation. Contact us on the developer mailing list
if you have interest.
</para>
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<para>
Evangelizing Hibernate within your organization.
</para>
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</para>
</preface>