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 ### Added
 
+- Symlinks from project-specific readme files to main readme [#250](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch-opensearch/pull/250)
 - Support for Python 3.12 [#234](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch/pull/234)
 
 ### Changed
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 <p align="left">
   <img src="https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-site/raw/master/images/logo/stac-030-long.png" width=600>
   <p align="left"><b>Elasticsearch and Opensearch backends for the stac-fastapi project.</b></p>
+  <p align="left"><b>Featuring stac-fastapi.core for simplifying the creation and maintenance of custom STAC api backends.</b></p>
 </p>
 
   
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-# stac-fastapi core library for Elasticsearch and Opensearch backends
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-# stac-fastapi-elasticsearch
-
-## Requirements
-
-The Elasticsearch backend requires **elasticsearch**.
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-# stac-fastapi-opensearch 
-
-## Requirements
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-The Opensearch backend requires **opensearch**.
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