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+// Copyright 2023, University of Freiburg
+// Authors: Axel Lehmann <lehmann@cs.uni-freiburg.de>.
+
+// This file is part of osm2rdf.
+//
+// osm2rdf is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// osm2rdf is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with osm2rdf.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#ifndef OSM2RDF_OSM_GENERIC_H
+#define OSM2RDF_OSM_GENERIC_H
+
+namespace osm2rdf::osm::generic {
+
+typedef uint32_t changeset_id_t;
+typedef uint8_t version_t;
+
+}  // namespace osm2rdf::osm::generic
+
+#endif  // OSM2RDF_OSM_GENERIC_H