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+## DEVELOPMENT ONLY BRANCH
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+*THIS BRANCH IS FOR PORTING TO D3 V4 AND IS NOT PRODUCTION READY, DO NOT USE UNLESS YOU'RE HELPING!*
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 ## NVD3 - A reusable D3 charting library
 
 Inspired by the work of Mike Bostock's [Towards Reusable Charts](http://bost.ocks.org/mike/chart/), and supported by a combined effort of [Novus](http://www.novus.com) and the NVD3 community.