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@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 Simantics 1.31.0 migrated to Eclipse 4.7 Oxygen platform.
 
 At the same time [Obeo's Target Platform Definition DSL and Generator tool](https://github.com/mbarbero/fr.obeo.releng.targetplatform)
-was taken into use for target platform definition.
+was taken into use for target platform definition. Later on the tool was moved to Eclipse
+CBI (Common Build Infrastructure) as [Target Platform Definition DSL and Generator](https://github.com/eclipse-cbi/targetplatform-dsl)
+which is what we are using right now.
 
 Please read the detailed installation and basic use instructions from the tool's website.
 
@@ -47,4 +49,11 @@ This greatly simplifies target definition by removing duplication from the their
 publishing them online per platform branch is also highly useful.
 
 On the other hand legacy Buckminster builds can source `.target` files from a URL, which is why publishing them online
-per platform branch is useful.
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+per platform branch is useful.
+
+## Building .target files from the command line
+
+There is an example of how to do this with Maven at [build/pom.xml)(build/pom.xml).
+Essentially it sources the TPD tool and its required Eclipse parts from public P2
+repositories and uses `tycho-eclipserun-plugin` to run the *tpd converter application*
+to convert the `.tpd` file given as argument via `-Dtpd=tpd-path`.