diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
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+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire=org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.GemfireNamespaceHandler
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
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+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire/spring-gemfire-1.0.xsd=org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/spring-gemfire-1.0.xsd
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire/spring-gemfire.xsd=org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/spring-gemfire-1.0.xsd
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.tooling b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.tooling
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+# Tooling related information for the gemfire namespace
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire@name=gemfire Namespace
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire@prefix=gfe
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire@icon=org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/spring-gemfire.gif
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