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# Vulkan Profiles Toolset

The *Vulkan Profiles Toolset* is a collection of tools delivered with the [Vulkan SDK](https://www.lunarg.com/vulkan-sdk/) for Vulkan application developers to leverage *Vulkan Profiles* while developing a Vulkan application.

* **[Vulkan Profiles Tools Overview](./OVERVIEW.md)**: Discover the components and how they work together.
* **[Vulkan Profiles Tools Whitepaper](./doc)/Vulkan-Profiles-Tools-Whitepaper.pdf**: Detailed whitepaper about the Vulkan Profiles Tools.
* **[Vulkan Profiles Documentation](https://vulkan.lunarg.com/doc/sdk/latest/windows/profiles_definitions.html)**: *Tables to compare profiles capabilities*.
* **[Change Log](./CHANGELOG.md)**: The history of *Vulkan Profiles Toolset* releases.
* **[Contributing](./CONTRIBUTING.md)**: How to contribute to the *Vulkan Profiles* repository.
* **[Bug reports](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Profiles)**: Open a GitHub issue when you encounter a bug.

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## Contact Information
* [Christophe Riccio](mailto:christophe@lunarg.com)
* [Žiga Markuš](mailto:ziga@lunarg.com)

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## Information for Developing or Contributing:
Please see the [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) file in this repository for more details. 

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## How to Build and Run
[BUILD.md](./BUILD.md) provides instructions to build the repository, which allows regenerating the *Vulkan Profiles Toolset* against new Vulkan Header API version and with supports of new profiles or updated profiles.

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## Version Tagging Scheme

Updates to this repository which correspond to a new Vulkan specification release are tagged using the following format: `v<`_`version`_`>` (e.g., `v1.3.266`).

**Note**: Marked version releases have undergone thorough testing but do not imply the same quality level as SDK tags. SDK tags follow the `vulkan-sdk-<`_`version`_`>.<`_`patch`_`>` format (e.g., `vulkan-sdk-1.3.266.0`).

This scheme was adopted following the `1.3.266` Vulkan specification release.

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## License

This work is released as open source under a [Apache-style license](./LICENSE.md) from Khronos including a Khronos copyright.

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## Downloads

*Vulkan Profiles Tools* is delivered with the [Vulkan SDK](https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home).


