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+# THIS REPOSITORY IS NOT MAINTAINED AS THE CODE HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE UPSTREAM APACHE ICEBERG PROJECT
+Please visit the [Documentation](https://iceberg.apache.org/docs/nightly/kafka-connect/) or find the current maintained source code [here](https://github.com/apache/iceberg/tree/main/kafka-connect)
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 # Apache Iceberg Sink Connector
 The Apache Iceberg Sink Connector for Kafka Connect is a sink connector for writing data from Kafka into Iceberg tables.