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 ### Contributing
 
-The contributor understands that any contributions, if accepted by the OGC Membership, SHALL be incorporated into OGC standards documents and that all copyright and intellectual property SHALL be vested to the OGC.
+The contributor understands that any contributions, if accepted by the OGC Membership, shall be incorporated into OGC standards documents and that all copyright and intellectual property shall be vested to the OGC.
 
 Pull Requests from contributors are welcomed. However, please note that by sending a Pull Request or Commit to this GitHub repository, you are agreeing to the terms in the Observer Agreement https://portal.ogc.org/files/?artifact_id=92169