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A Virtual Network Function can be developed in a stand-alone development environment without most of the tools – or even API libraries – used or furnished by ONAP. The completed VNF is submitted to the Certification Group (see Mailing Lists) as a collection of executable and text files, and must VNF must meet the set of requirements described in the Reference Documents for VNF Providers, below VNF Requirements.
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Reference VNFs are managed by the Integration Project.