diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 # JDemetra+ v3 - examples extensions
+
+This repository contains Java examples of how to use the [JDemetra+ v3 libraries](https://github.com/jdemetra/jdplus-main).
+
+## Developing
+
+This project is written in Java and uses [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/) as a build tool.  
+It requires [Java 17 as minimum version](https://whichjdk.com/) and all its dependencies are hosted on [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/).
+
+The code can be build using any IDE or by just type-in the following commands in a terminal:
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/jdemetra/jdplus-examples.git
+cd jdplus-examples
+mvn clean install
+```
+
+## Contributing
+
+Any contribution is welcome and should be done through pull requests and/or issues.
+
+## Licensing
+
+The code of this project is licensed under the [European Union Public Licence (EUPL)](https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/page/eupl-text-11-12).
+ 
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diff --git a/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/pom.xml b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/pom.xml
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@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>eu.europa.ec.joinup.sat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jdplus-examples-desktop</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin</artifactId>
+    <packaging>nbm</packaging>
+
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>${project.parent.artifactId} - ${project.artifactId}</description>
+    <url>${project.parent.url}</url>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- 1. NetBeans Platform -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-util</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-awt</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-filesystems</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-nodes</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-windows</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-explorer</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-util-lookup</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-dialogs</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-netbeans-api-progress</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-util-ui</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-netbeans-api-progress-nb</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-openide-filesystems-nb</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org-netbeans-swing-outline</artifactId>
+            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- 2. JD3 Desktop -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.europa.ec.joinup.sat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jdplus-main-desktop-design</artifactId>
+            <version>${jdplus-main.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.europa.ec.joinup.sat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jdplus-toolkit-desktop-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${jdplus-main.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.github.nbbrd.java-io-util</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- 3. JD3 Base -->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.europa.ec.joinup.sat</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jdplus-examples-base-core</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+
+        <!-- 4. Other libraries -->
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.netbeans.utilities</groupId>
+                <artifactId>nbm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <publicPackages>
+                    </publicPackages>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
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diff --git a/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/java/jdplus/examples/desktop/plugin/ProcDocumentItemFactoryExample.java b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/java/jdplus/examples/desktop/plugin/ProcDocumentItemFactoryExample.java
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@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package jdplus.examples.desktop.plugin;
+
+
+import jdplus.toolkit.base.api.processing.ProcDocument;
+import jdplus.toolkit.base.api.util.Id;
+import jdplus.toolkit.base.api.util.LinearId;
+import jdplus.toolkit.desktop.plugin.ui.processing.IProcDocumentItemFactory;
+import nbbrd.design.DirectImpl;
+import nbbrd.service.ServiceProvider;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+
+@DirectImpl
+@ServiceProvider
+public final class ProcDocumentItemFactoryExample implements IProcDocumentItemFactory {
+
+    @Override
+    public int getPosition() {
+        return 1000;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NonNull Class<? extends ProcDocument> getDocumentType() {
+        return ProcDocument.class;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NonNull Id getItemId() {
+        return new LinearId("_ROOT_", "_CHILD_");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NonNull JComponent getView(@NonNull ProcDocument procDocument) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        JTextArea result = new JTextArea();
+        result.setEditable(false);
+        result.setText(getProcDocumentAsString(procDocument));
+        return new JScrollPane(result);
+    }
+
+    private static String getProcDocumentAsString(ProcDocument<?, ?, ?> procDocument) {
+        return "KEY = " + procDocument.getKey() + System.lineSeparator()
+                + "SPEC = " + procDocument.getSpecification() + System.lineSeparator()
+                + "STATUS = " + procDocument.getStatus();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/java/jdplus/examples/desktop/plugin/TsActionOpenSpiExample.java b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/java/jdplus/examples/desktop/plugin/TsActionOpenSpiExample.java
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+++ b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/java/jdplus/examples/desktop/plugin/TsActionOpenSpiExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package jdplus.examples.desktop.plugin;
+
+import jdplus.toolkit.base.api.timeseries.Ts;
+import jdplus.toolkit.desktop.plugin.TsActionOpenSpi;
+import jdplus.toolkit.desktop.plugin.notification.MessageUtil;
+import nbbrd.design.DirectImpl;
+import nbbrd.service.ServiceProvider;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
+
+@DirectImpl
+@ServiceProvider
+public final class TsActionOpenSpiExample implements TsActionOpenSpi {
+
+    @Override
+    public void open(@NonNull Ts ts) {
+        MessageUtil.info("You just opened '" + ts.getName() + "'");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NonNull String getName() {
+        return "Message box with TS name";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/javadoc/EmptyJavaDoc.java b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/javadoc/EmptyJavaDoc.java
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+++ b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/javadoc/EmptyJavaDoc.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * Workaround for JavaDoc issues with Lombok.
+ */
+public class EmptyJavaDoc {
+
+}
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diff --git a/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/nbm/manifest.mf b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/nbm/manifest.mf
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/nbm/manifest.mf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: jdplus/examples/desktop/plugin/Bundle.properties
+OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category: JD+ Examples
+OpenIDE-Module-Java-Dependencies: Java > 17
diff --git a/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/resources/jdplus/examples/desktop/plugin/Bundle.properties b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/resources/jdplus/examples/desktop/plugin/Bundle.properties
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdplus-examples-desktop/jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin/src/main/resources/jdplus/examples/desktop/plugin/Bundle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Localized module labels. Defaults taken from POM (<name>, <description>, <groupId>) if unset.
+#OpenIDE-Module-Name=
+#OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description=
+#OpenIDE-Module-Long-Description=
+#OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category=
+#Wed Mar 09 13:57:24 CET 2022
diff --git a/jdplus-examples-desktop/pom.xml b/jdplus-examples-desktop/pom.xml
index ca7b6bd..25c40df 100644
--- a/jdplus-examples-desktop/pom.xml
+++ b/jdplus-examples-desktop/pom.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,72 @@
     <artifactId>jdplus-examples-desktop</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
-    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
-    <description>${project.parent.artifactId} - ${project.artifactId}</description>
-    <url>${project.parent.url}</url>
+    <name>jdplus-examples-desktop</name>
+
+    <properties>
+        <!-- dependencies -->
+        <netbeans.version>RELEASE190</netbeans.version>
+    </properties>
 
     <modules>
+        <module>jdplus-examples-desktop-plugin</module>
     </modules>
+
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <!-- Other plugins -->
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.netbeans.utilities</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>nbm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>4.8</version>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Force lookup of annotation processors in classpath by resetting paths -->
+                    <annotationProcessorPaths combine.self="override"/>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Force use of the nbm generated manifest -->
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifestFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.netbeans.utilities</groupId>
+                <artifactId>nbm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Set branding for all NBM plugins -->
+                    <useOSGiDependencies>false</useOSGiDependencies>
+                    <!--                    <brandingToken>${brandingToken}</brandingToken>-->
+                    <!--                    <cluster>${brandingToken}</cluster>-->
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <!-- List runtime dependencies for tests -->
+                        <id>list-runtime-dependencies</id>
+                        <phase>generate-test-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>manifest</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <targetManifestFile>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/runtime-dependencies.mf</targetManifestFile>
+                            <verifyRuntime>skip</verifyRuntime>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>
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