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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                ENTERWORKS, INC.

                                     FORM OF

                            INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

            This Indemnification Agreement ("Agreement") is effective as of
February ___, 2000 by and between Enterworks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and NAME ("Indemnitee").

            WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the services of
highly qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company and its
related entities;

            WHEREAS, in order to induce Indemnitee to continue to provide
services to the Company, the Company wishes to provide for the indemnification
of, and the advancement of expenses to, Indemnitee to the maximum extent
permitted by law;

            WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee recognize the continued
difficulty in obtaining liability insurance for the Company's directors,
officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries, the significant increases in the
cost of such insurance and the general reductions in the coverage of such
insurance;

            WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee further recognize the
substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting directors,
officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries to expensive litigation risks at the
same time as the availability and coverage of liability insurance has been
severely limited; and

            WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee desire to have in place the
additional protection provided by an indemnification agreement and to provide
indemnification and advancement of expenses to the Indemnitee to the maximum
extent permitted by Delaware law;

            WHEREAS, in view of the considerations set forth above, the Company
desires that Indemnitee shall be indemnified and advanced expenses by the
Company as set forth herein;

            NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as set forth
below.

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            1.           CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

                        a.          "CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall mean, and shall be
deemed to have occurred if, on or after the date of this Agreement, (i) any
"person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company acting in such
capacity or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of
the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of
the Company, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said
Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more
than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the Company's
then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2)
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute
the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the
Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was
approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in
office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any
reason to constitute a majority thereof, (iii) the stockholders of the Company
approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation
other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities
of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent
(either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of
the surviving entity) at least eighty percent (80%) of the total voting power
represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the
stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the
Company's assets.

                        b.          "CLAIM" shall mean with respect to a Covered
Event: any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or
alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or any hearing, inquiry or
investigation that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the
institution of any such action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute
resolution mechanism, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
other.

                        c.          References to the "COMPANY" shall include,
in addition to Enterworks, Inc., any constituent corporation (including any
constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which
Enterworks, Inc. (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party which, if
its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
indemnify its directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries, so that if
Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of such
constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent
corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture,

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employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the
same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the
resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

                        d.          "COVERED EVENT" shall mean any event or
occurrence related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company,
or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of
Indemnitee while serving in such capacity.

                        e.          "EXPENSES" shall mean any and all expenses
(including attorneys' fees and all other costs, expenses and obligations
incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or
participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, to be a witness
in or to participate in, any action, suit, proceeding, alternative dispute
resolution mechanism, hearing, inquiry or investigation, judgments, fines,
penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in
advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) of
any Claim and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the
Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under
this Agreement.

                        f.          "EXPENSE ADVANCE" shall mean a payment to
Indemnitee pursuant to Section 3 of Expenses in advance of the settlement of or
final judgment in any action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution
mechanism, hearing, inquiry or investigation which constitutes a Claim.

                        g.          "INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL" shall mean an
attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2(d) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the
Company or Indemnitee within the last three (3) years (other than with respect
to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other
Indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).

                        h.          References to "other enterprises" shall
include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise
taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and
references to "serving at the request of the Company" shall include any service
as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company which
imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee,
agent or fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or
its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner
Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to

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have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Company" as
referred to in this Agreement.

                        i.          "REVIEWING PARTY" shall mean, subject to the
provisions of Section 2(d), any person or body appointed by the Board of
Directors in accordance with applicable law to review the Company's obligations
hereunder and under applicable law, which may include a member or members of the
Company's Board of Directors, Independent Legal Counsel or any other person or
body not a party to the particular Claim for which Indemnitee is seeking
indemnification.

                        j.          "SECTION" refers to a section of this
Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

                        k.          "VOTING SECURITIES" shall mean any
securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.

            2.          INDEMNIFICATION.

                        a.          Indemnification of Expenses.  Subject to the
provisions of Section 2(b) below, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee for
Expenses to the fullest extent permitted by law if Indemnitee was or is or
becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be
made a party to or witness or other participant in, any Claim (whether by reason
of or arising in part out of a Covered Event), including all interest,
assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect
of such Expenses.

                        b.          Review of Indemnification Obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any Reviewing Party shall have
determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which Independent Legal Counsel
is the Reviewing Party) that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified
hereunder under applicable law, (i) the Company shall have no further obligation
under Section 2(a) to make any payments to Indemnitee not made prior to such
determination by such Reviewing Party, and (ii) the Company shall be entitled to
be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all
Expenses theretofore paid to Indemnitee to which Indemnitee is not entitled
hereunder under applicable law; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has
commenced or thereafter commences legal proceedings in a court of competent
jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee is entitled to be
indemnified hereunder under applicable law, any determination made by any
Reviewing Party that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder
under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required
to reimburse the Company for any Expenses theretofore paid in indemnifying
Indemnitee until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as
to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed).
Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for any Expenses shall be
unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

                        c.          Indemnitee Rights on Unfavorable
Determination; Binding Effect. If any Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee
substantively is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder in whole or in part
under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation
seeking an initial determination, by the court or challenging any such
determination by such Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, including the legal
or factual bases therefor, and, subject to the provisions of Section 15, the
Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such
proceeding. Absent such litigation,

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any determination by any Reviewing Party shall be conclusive and binding on the
Company and Indemnitee.

                        d.          Selection of Reviewing Party; Change in
Control. If there has not been a Change in Control, any Reviewing Party shall be
selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in
Control (other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of
the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such
Change in Control), any Reviewing Party with respect to all matters thereafter
arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnification of Expenses under
this Agreement or any other agreement or under the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws as now or hereafter in effect, or under any other
applicable law, if desired by Indemnitee, shall be Independent Legal Counsel
selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld). Such counsel, among other things, shall render its
written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent
Indemnitee would be entitled to be indemnified hereunder under applicable law
and the Company agrees to abide by such opinion. The Company agrees to pay the
reasonable fees of the Independent Legal Counsel referred to above and to
indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys'
fees), claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to pay Expenses of more
than one (1) Independent Legal Counsel in connection with all matters concerning
a single Indemnitee, and such Independent Legal Counsel shall be the Independent
Legal Counsel for any or all other Indemnitees unless (i) the employment of
separate counsel by one (1) or more Indemnitees has been previously authorized
by the Company in writing, or (ii) an Indemnitee shall have provided to the
Company a written statement that such Indemnitee has reasonably concluded that
there may be a conflict of interest between such Indemnitee and the other
Indemnitees with respect to the matters arising under this Agreement.

                        e.          Mandatory Payment of Expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement other than Section 10
hereof, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or
otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without
prejudice, in defense of any Claim, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all
Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith.

            3.          EXPENSE ADVANCES.

                        a.          Obligation to Make Expense Advances.  Upon
receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such
amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled
to be indemnified therefore by the Company hereunder under applicable law, the
Company shall make Expense Advances to Indemnitee.

                        b.          Form of Undertaking. Any obligation to repay
any Expense Advances hereunder pursuant to a written undertaking by the
Indemnitee shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

                        c.          Determination of Reasonable Expense
Advances. The parties agree that for the purposes of any Expense Advance for
which Indemnitee has made written demand to the Company in accordance with this
Agreement, all Expenses included in such Expense Advance that are certified by
affidavit of Indemnitee's counsel as being reasonable shall be presumed
conclusively to be reasonable.

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            4.          PROCEDURES FOR INDEMNIFICATION AND EXPENSE ADVANCES.

                        a.          Timing of Payments. All payments of Expenses
(including without limitation Expense Advances) by the Company to the Indemnitee
pursuant to this Agreement shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law
as soon as practicable after written demand by Indemnitee therefor is presented
to the Company, but in no event later than thirty (30) business days after such
written demand by Indemnitee is presented to the Company, except in the case of
Expense Advances, which shall be made no later than ten (10) business days after
such written demand by Indemnitee is presented to the Company.

                        b.          Notice/Cooperation by Indemnitee.
Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to Indemnitee's right to be
indemnified or Indemnitee's right to receive Expense Advances under this
Agreement, give the Company notice in writing as soon as practicable of any
Claim made against Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought
under this Agreement. Notice to the Company shall be directed to the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company at the address shown on the signature page of
this Agreement (or such other address as the Company shall designate in writing
to Indemnitee). In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Company such information
and cooperation as it may reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitee's
power.

                        c.          No Presumptions; Burden of Proof. For
purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order,
settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that
Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any
particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not
permitted by this Agreement or applicable law. In addition, neither the failure
of any Reviewing Party to have made a determination as to whether Indemnitee has
met any particular standard of conduct or had any particular belief, nor an
actual determination by any Reviewing Party that Indemnitee has not met such
standard of conduct or did not have such belief, prior to the commencement of
legal proceedings by Indemnitee to secure a judicial determination that
Indemnitee should be indemnified under this Agreement under applicable law,
shall be a defense to Indemnitee's claim or create a presumption that Indemnitee
has not met any particular standard of conduct or did not have any particular
belief. In connection with any determination by any Reviewing Party or otherwise
as to whether the Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder under
applicable law, the burden of proof shall be on the Company to establish that
Indemnitee is not so entitled.

                        d.          Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the
receipt by the Company of a notice of a Claim pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof,
the Company has liability insurance in effect which may cover such Claim, the
Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such Claim to the
insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies.
The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause
such

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insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of
such Claim in accordance with the terms of such policies.

                        e.          Selection of Counsel. In the event the
Company shall be obligated hereunder to provide indemnification for or make any
Expense Advances with respect to the Expenses of any Claim, the Company, if
appropriate, shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Claim with counsel
approved by Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) upon
the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of the Company's election to do so.
After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the
retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to
Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees or expenses of separate counsel
subsequently retained by or on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to the same
Claim; provided that, (i) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ Indemnitee's
separate counsel in any such Claim at Indemnitee's expense and (ii) if (A) the
employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by
the Company, (B) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a
conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any
such defense, or (C) the Company shall not continue to retain such counsel to
defend such Claim, then the fees and expenses of Indemnitee's separate counsel
shall be Expenses for which Indemnitee may receive indemnification or Expense
Advances hereunder.

            5.          ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS; NONEXCLUSIVITY.

                        a.          Scope. The Company hereby agrees to
indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding
that such indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions
of this Agreement, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, the Company's
Bylaws or by statute. In the event of any change after the date of this
Agreement in any applicable law, statute or rule which expands the right of a
Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an
officer, employee, agent or fiduciary, it is the intent of the parties hereto
that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits afforded by
such change. In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule
which narrows the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its
board of directors or an officer, employee, agent or fiduciary, such change, to
the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to
this Agreement, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties' rights
and obligations hereunder except as set forth in Section 10(a) hereof.

                        b.          Nonexclusivity. The indemnification and the
payment of Expense Advances provided by this Agreement shall be in addition to
any rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation, its Bylaws, any other

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agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or otherwise. The indemnification and
the payment of Expense Advances provided under this Agreement shall continue as
to Indemnitee for any action taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified
capacity even though subsequent thereto Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in
such capacity.

            6.          NO DUPLICATION OF PAYMENTS.

                        The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to
make any payment in connection with any Claim made against Indemnitee to the
extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance
policy, provision of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or
otherwise) of the amounts otherwise payable hereunder.

            7.          PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION.

                        If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this
Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses
incurred in connection with any Claim, but not, however, for all of the total
amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the
portion of such Expenses to which Indemnitee is entitled.

            8.          MUTUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

                        Both the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that in
certain instances, federal law or applicable public policy may prohibit the
Company from indemnifying its directors, officers, employees, agents or
fiduciaries under this Agreement or otherwise. Indemnitee understands and
acknowledges that the Company has undertaken or may be required in the future to
undertake with the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of
indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the
Company's right under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee.

            9.          LIABILITY INSURANCE.

            To the extent the Company maintains liability insurance applicable
to directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries, Indemnitee shall be
covered by such policies in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same
rights and benefits as are provided to the most favorably insured of the
Company's directors, if Indemnitee is a director; or of the Company's officers,
if Indemnitee is not a director of the Company but is an officer; or of the
Company's key employees, agents or fiduciaries, if Indemnitee is not an officer
or director but is a key employee, agent or fiduciary.

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            10.         EXCEPTIONS.

                        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

                        a.          Excluded Actions or Omissions. To indemnify
or make Expense Advances to Indemnitee with respect to Claims arising out of
acts, omissions or transactions for which Indemnitee is prohibited from
receiving indemnification under applicable law.

                        b.          Claims Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify
or make Expense Advances to Indemnitee with respect to Claims initiated or
brought voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, counterclaim or
crossclaim, except (i) with respect to actions or proceedings brought to
establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any
other agreement or insurance policy or under the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims for
Covered Events, (ii) in specific cases if the Board of Directors has approved
the initiation or bringing of such Claim, or (iii) as otherwise required under
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, regardless of whether
Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification,
Expense Advances, or insurance recovery, as the case may be.

                        c.          Lack of Good Faith. To indemnify Indemnitee
for any Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee with respect to any action
instituted (i) by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court
having jurisdiction over such action determines as provided in Section 13 that
each of the material assertions made by the Indemnitee as a basis for such
action was not made in good faith or was frivolous, or (ii) by or in the name of
the Company to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court having
jurisdiction over such action determines as provided in Section 13 that each of
the material defenses asserted by Indemnitee in such action was made in bad
faith or was frivolous.

                        d.          Claims Under Section 16(b). To indemnify
Indemnitee for Expenses and the payment of profits arising from the purchase and
sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar successor statute.

            11.         COUNTERPARTS.

            This Agreement may be executed in one (1) or more counterparts, each
of which shall constitute an original.

            12.         BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

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            This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and
be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns
(including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation
or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the
Company), spouses, heirs and personal and legal representatives. The Company
shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect, and whether
by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a
substantial part, of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree
to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This
Agreement shall continue in effect regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to
serve as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary (as applicable) of
the Company or of any other enterprise at the Company's request.

            13.         EXPENSES INCURRED IN ACTION RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OR
                        INTERPRETATION.

            In the event that any action is instituted by Indemnitee under this
Agreement or under any liability insurance policies maintained by the Company to
enforce or interpret any of the terms hereof or thereof, Indemnitee shall be
entitled to be indemnified for all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect
to such action (including without limitation attorneys' fees), regardless of
whether Indemnitee is ultimately successful in such action, unless as a part of
such action a court having jurisdiction over such action makes a final judicial
determination (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or
lapsed) that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee as a basis for
such action was not made in good faith or was frivolous; provided, however, that
until such final judicial determination is made, Indemnitee shall be entitled
under Section 3 to receive payment of Expense Advances hereunder with respect to
such action. In the event of an action instituted by or in the name of the
Company under this Agreement to enforce or interpret any of the terms of this
Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be indemnified for all Expenses
incurred by Indemnitee in defense of such action (including without limitation
costs and expenses incurred with respect to Indemnitee's counterclaims and
cross-claims made in such action), unless as a part of such action a court
having jurisdiction over such action makes a final judicial determination (as to
which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) that each of
the material defenses asserted by Indemnitee in such action was made in bad
faith or was frivolous; provided, however, that until such final judicial
determination is made, Indemnitee shall be entitled under Section 3 to receive
payment of Expense Advances hereunder with respect to such action.

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            14.         PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS.

            No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be
asserted by or in the right of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee's
estate, spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the
expiration of two (2) years from the date of accrual of such cause of action,
and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall be extinguished and deemed
released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such two
(2) year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is
otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, such shorter period shall
govern.

            15.         NOTICE.

            All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) if delivered by
hand and signed for by the party addressed, on the date of such delivery, or
(ii) if mailed by domestic certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on
the third business day after the date postmarked. Addresses for notice to either
party are as shown on the signature page of this Agreement, or as subsequently
modified by written notice.

            16.         CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.

            The Company and Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably consent to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware for all purposes in
connection with any action or proceeding which arises out of or relates to this
Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this Agreement shall be
commenced, prosecuted and continued only in the Court of Chancery of the State
of Delaware in and for New Castle County, which shall be the exclusive and only
proper forum for adjudicating such a claim.

            17.         SEVERABILITY.

            The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in the event
that any of the provisions hereof (including any provision within a single
section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the remaining provisions shall
remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore, to the
fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including without
limitation each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be
invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, void or
unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested
by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

            18.         CHOICE OF LAW.

            This Agreement, and all rights, remedies, liabilities, powers and
duties of the parties to this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware as applied to contracts
between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely in the
State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

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            19.         SUBROGATION.

            In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be
subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of
Indemnitee, who shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that
may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable the Company effectively to
bring suit to enforce such rights.

            20.         AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

            No amendment, modification, termination or cancellation of this
Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing signed by both the parties
hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to
be or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not
similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                                ENTERWORKS, INC.

                             1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                   (amended)

1.               Purpose.

                 The purpose of this plan (the "Plan") is to secure for
Enterworks, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the "Company") and its
shareholder(s) the benefits arising from capital stock ownership by employees,
officers and directors of, consultants and advisors to, the Company, who are
expected to contribute to the Company's future growth and success.  Except
where the context otherwise requires, the term "Company" shall include the
parents and all future subsidiaries of the Company as defined in Sections
424(e) and 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced
from time to time (the "Code").  Those provisions of the Plan which make
express reference to Section 422 shall apply only to Incentive Stock Options
(as that term is defined in the Plan).

2.               Type of Options and Administration.

                 (a)      Types of Options.  Options granted pursuant to the
Plan may be either incentive stock options ("Incentive Stock Options") meeting
the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or Non-Statutory Options which are
not intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code
("Non-Statutory Options").

                 (b)      Administration.

                          (i)     The Plan will be administered by the Board of
Directors of the Company, whose construction and interpretation of the terms
and provisions of the Plan shall be final and conclusive.  The Board of
Directors may in its sole discretion grant options to purchase shares of the
Company's Common Stock ("Common Stock") which are shares of Class A Common
Stock and issue shares upon exercise of such options as provided in the Plan.
The Board shall have authority, subject to the express provisions of the Plan,
to construe the respective option agreements and the Plan, to prescribe, amend
and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms
and provisions of the respective option agreements, which need not be
identical, and to make all other determinations which are, in the judgment of
the Board of Directors, necessary or desirable for the administration of the
Plan.  The Board of Directors may correct any defect, supply any omission or
reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any option agreement in the
manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect
and  it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency.  No director or
person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Board of Directors shall
be liable for any action or determination under the Plan made in good faith.

                          (ii)    To the full extent permitted by or consistent
with applicable laws or
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regulations and Section 3(b) of this Plan (A) the Board of Directors may
delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or more committees, or
subcommittees appointed by the Board of Directors for the purpose of granting
and administering options to persons to whom Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") applies, and (B) any and all other
powers of the Board of Directors under the Plan, including the granting and
administration of all other options, may be vested in the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, provided that the Chief Executive Officer is and
remains a member of the Board of Directors.  References to the Board of
Directors in the Plan shall mean and relate to the Chief Executive Officer.

                 (c)      Applicability of Rule 16b-3.  Those provisions of the
Plan which make express reference to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange
Act, or any successor rule ("Rule 16b- 3"), or which are required in order for
certain option transactions to qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3, shall
apply only to such persons as are required to file reports under Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act (a "Reporting Person").

3.               Reserved.

4.               Stock Subject to Plan.

                 Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 below, the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued and sold under the
Plan is twelve million (12,000,000). If an option granted under the Plan shall
expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full, the
unpurchased shares subject to such option shall again be available for
subsequent option grants under the Plan.  If shares issued upon exercise of an
option under the Plan are tendered to the Company in payment of the exercise
price of an option granted under the Plan, such tendered shares shall again be
available for subsequent option grants under the Plan; provided, that in no
event shall such shares be made available for issuance to Reporting Persons or
pursuant to exercise of Incentive Stock Options.

5.               Forms of Option Agreements.

                 As a condition to the grant of an option under the Plan, each
recipient of an option shall execute an option agreement in such form not
inconsistent with the Plan as may be approved by the Board of Directors.  Such
option agreements may differ among recipients.

6.               Purchase Price.

                 (a)      General.  Subject to Section 3(b), the purchase price
per share of stock deliverable upon the exercise of an option shall be
determined by the Board of Directors, provided, however, (i) that in the case
of an Incentive Stock Option, the exercise price shall not be less than 100% of
the fair market value of such  stock, as determined by the Board of Directors,
at the time of grant of such option, or less than 110% of such fair market
value in the case of options described in Section 11(b), and (ii) in no event
shall the exercise price be less than $0.12 (twelve cents) per share (subject
to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and
other similar recapitalizations, subsequent to the date of this Plan, affecting
the shares subject to the options.)

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                 (b)      Payment of Purchase Price.  Options granted under the
Plan may provide for the payment of the exercise price by delivery of cash or a
check to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the exercise price of
such options, or, to the extent provided in the applicable option agreement,
(i) by delivery to the Company of shares of Common Stock of the Company already
owned by the optionee having a fair market value equal in amount to the
exercise price of the options being exercised or (ii) by any other means
(including, without limitation, by delivery of a promissory note of the
optionee payable on such terms as are specified by the Board of Directors)
which the Board of Directors determines are consistent with the purpose of the
Plan and with applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation,
the provisions of Regulation T promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board).  The
fair market value of any shares of the Company's Common Stock or other non-cash
consideration which may be delivered upon exercise of an option shall be
determined by the Board of Directors.

7.               Option Period.

                 Each option and all rights thereunder shall expire on such
date as shall be set forth in the applicable option agreement, except that, in
the case of an Incentive Stock Option, such date shall not be later than ten
(10) years after the date on which the option is granted and, in all cases,
options shall be subject to earlier termination as provided in the Plan.

8.               Exercise of Options.

                 Each option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable either
in full or in installments at such time or times and during such period as
shall be set forth in the agreement evidencing such option, subject to the
provisions of the Plan.
9.               Nontransferability of Options.

                 Except as the Board may otherwise determine in an option
agreement, options shall not be assignable or transferable by the person to
whom they are granted, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by
will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the life of the
optionee, shall be exercisable only by the optionee.

10.              Effect of Termination of Employment or Other Relationship.

                 Except as provided in Section 11(d) with respect to Incentive
Stock Options, and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board of
Directors shall determine the period of time during which an optionee may
exercise an option following (i) the termination of the optionee's employment
or other relationship with the Company or (ii) the death or disability of the
optionee.  Such periods shall be set forth in the agreement evidencing such
option.

11.              Incentive Stock Options.

                 Options granted under the Plan which are intended to be
Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to the following additional terms and
conditions:

                 (a)      Express Designation.  All Incentive Stock Options
granted under the Plan shall, at the time of grant, be specifically designated
as such in the option agreement covering such

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Incentive Stock Options.

                 (b)      10% Shareholder.  If any employee to whom an
Incentive Stock Option is to be granted under the Plan is, at the time of the
grant of such option, the owner of stock possessing more than 10% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (after taking into
account the attribution of stock  ownership rules of Section 424(d) of the
Code), then the following special provisions shall be applicable to the
Incentive Stock Option granted to such individual

                             (i)     The purchase price per share of the Common
Stock subject to such Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the
fair market value of one share of Common Stock at the time of grant; and

                             (ii)    the option exercise period shall not
exceed five years from the date of grant.

                 (c)      Dollar Limitation.  For so long as the Code shall so
provide, options granted to any employee under the Plan (and any other
incentive stock option plans of the Company) which are intended to constitute
Incentive Stock Options shall not constitute Incentive Stock Options to the
extent that such options, in the aggregate, become exercisable for the first
time in any one calendar year for shares of Common Stock with an aggregate fair
market value (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of more
than $100,000.

                 (d)      Termination of Employment, Death or Disability.  No
Incentive Stock Option may be exercised unless, at the time of such exercise,
the optionee is, and has been continuously since the date of grant of his or
her option, employed by the Company, except that:

                             (i)     an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised
within the period of three months after the date the optionee ceases to be an
employee of the Company by reason of termination without cause by the Company
(or within such lesser period as may be specified in the applicable option
agreement), provided, that the agreement with respect to such option may
designate a longer exercise period and that the exercise after such three-month
period shall be treated as the exercise of a non-statutory option under the
Plan;

                             (ii)    if the optionee dies while in the employ
of the Company, or within three months after the optionee ceases to be such an
employee, the Incentive Stock Option may be exercised by the person to whom it
is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution within the
period of six months after the date of death (or within such lesser period as
may be specified in the applicable option agreement); and

                             (iii)   if the optionee becomes disabled (within
the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or any successor provision thereto)
while in the employ of the Company, the Incentive Stock Option may be exercised
within the period of six months after the date the optionee ceases to be such
an employee because of such disability (or within such lesser period as may be
specified in the applicable option agreement).

For all purposes of the Plan and any option granted hereunder, "employment"
shall be defined in

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accordance with the provisions of Section 1.421-7(h) of the Income Tax
Regulations (or any successor regulations).  Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions, no Incentive Stock Option may be exercised after its expiration
date.

12.      Additional Provisions.

         (a)     Additional Option Provisions.  The Board of Directors may, in
its sole discretion, include additional provisions in option agreements
covering options granted under the Plan, including without limitation
restrictions on transfer, repurchase rights, commitments to pay cash bonuses,
to make, arrange for or guaranty loans or to transfer other property to
optionees upon exercise of options, or such other provisions as shall be
determined by the Board of Directors; provided that such additional provisions
shall not be inconsistent with any other term or condition of the Plan and such
additional provisions shall not cause any Incentive Stock Option granted under
the Plan to fail to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code.

         (b)     Acceleration, Extension, Etc.  The Board of Directors may, in
its sole discretion, (i) accelerate the date or dates on which all or any
particular option or options granted under the Plan may be exercised or (ii)
extend the dates during which all, or any particular, option or options granted
under the Plan may be exercised; provided, however, that prior to the time that
the Common Stock of the Company is registered under the Exchange Act, unless
such action has been approved by the holders of a majority of the then
outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock, such actions (i) may be taken
with respect to not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the maximum number
of shares which may be issued under options to persons other than Key Employees
or Founders and (ii) may not be taken with respect to an option to a Key
Employee or Founder.

13.      General Restrictions.

         (a)     Investment Representations.  The Company may require any
person to whom an option is granted, as a condition of exercising such option,
to give written assurances in substance and form satisfactory to the Company to
the effect that such person is acquiring the Common Stock subject to the option
for his or her own account for investment and not with any present intention of
selling or otherwise distributing the same, and to such other  effects as the
Company deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with federal and
applicable state securities laws, or with covenants or representations made by
the Company in connection with any public offering of its Common Stock.

         (b)     Compliance With Securities Laws.  Each option shall be subject
to the requirement that if, at any time, counsel to the Company shall determine
that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to such
option upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the
consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body, or that the
disclosure of non-public information or the satisfaction of any other condition
is necessary as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance or purchase
of shares thereunder, such option may not be exercised, in whole or in part,
unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval, or
satisfaction of such condition shall have been effected or obtained on
conditions acceptable to the Board of Directors.  Nothing herein shall be
deemed to require the Company to

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apply for or to obtain such listing, registration or qualification, or to
satisfy such condition.

14.      Rights as a Shareholder.

         The holder of an option shall have no rights as a shareholder with
respect to any shares covered by the option (including, without limitation, any
rights to receive dividends or non-cash distributions with respect to such
shares) until the date of issue of a stock certificate to him or her for such
shares.  No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which
the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.

15.      Adjustment Provisions for Recapitalizations and Related Transactions.

         (a)     General.  If, through or as a result of any merger,
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,
reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock
split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction, (i) the outstanding
shares of Common Stock are increased, decreased or exchanged for a different
number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or (ii) additional
shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other
non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Common Stock or
other securities, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment may be made in
(x) the maximum number and kind of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan,
(y) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then
outstanding options under the Plan, and (z) the price for each share subject to
any then outstanding options under the Plan, without changing the aggregate
purchase price as to which such options remain exercisable.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 15 if such
adjustment would cause the Plan to fail to comply with Section 422 of the Code.

         (b)     Board Authority to Make Adjustments.  Any adjustments under
this Section 15 will be made by the Board of Directors, whose determination as
to what adjustments, if any, will be made and the extent thereof will be final,
binding and conclusive.  No fractional shares will be issued under the Plan on
account of any such adjustments.

16.      Merger, Consolidation, Asset Sale, Liquidation, etc.

         (a)     General.  Except as otherwise provided in any applicable
option, in the event of a consolidation or merger or sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company in which outstanding shares of
Common Stock are exchanged for securities, cash or other property of any other
corporation or business entity or in the event of a liquidation of the Company,
the Board of Directors of the Company, or the board of directors of any
corporation assuming the obligations of the Company, may, in its discretion,
take any one or more of the following actions, as to outstanding options:  (i)
provide that such options shall be assumed, or equivalent options shall be
substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate
thereof), provided that any such options substituted for Incentive Stock
Options shall meet the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code, (ii) upon
written notice to the optionees, provide that all unexercised options will
terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction unless
exercised by the optionee within a specified period following the date of such
notice, (iii) in the event of a merger under the terms of which holders of the
Common Stock of the Company will receive upon consummation thereof a cash
payment for each share surrendered in the merger (the "Merger

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Price"), make or provide for a cash payment to the optionees equal to the
difference between (A) the Merger Price times the number of shares of Common
Stock subject to such outstanding options (to the extent then exercisable at
prices not in excess of the Merger Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price
of all such outstanding options in exchange for the termination of such
options, and (iv) provide that all or any outstanding options shall become
exercisable in full immediately prior to such event.

         (b)     Substitute Options.  The Company may grant options under the
Plan in substitution for options held by employees of another corporation who
become employees of the Company, or a subsidiary of the Company, as the result
of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a
subsidiary of the Company, or as a result of the acquisition by the Company, or
one of its subsidiaries, of property or stock of the employing corporation. The
Company may direct that substitute options be granted on such terms and
conditions as the Board of Directors considers appropriate in the
circumstances.

17.      No Special Employment Rights.

         Nothing contained in the Plan or in any option shall confer upon any
optionee any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment by
the Company or interfere in any way with the right of the Company at any time
to terminate such employment or to increase or decrease the compensation of the
optionee.

18.      Other Employee Benefits.

         Except as to plans which by their terms include such amounts as
compensation, the amount of any compensation deemed to be received by an
employee as a result of the exercise of an option or the sale of shares
received upon such exercise will not constitute compensation with respect to
which any other employee benefits of such employee are determined, including,
without limitation, benefits under any bonus, pension, profit-sharing, life
insurance or salary continuation plan, except as otherwise specifically
determined by the Board of Directors.

19.      Amendment of the Plan.

         (a)     The Board of Directors may at any time, and from time to time,
modify or amend the Plan in any respect, except that if at any time the
approval of the shareholders of the Company is required under Section 422 of
the Code or any successor provision with respect to Incentive Stock Options, or
under Rule 16b-3, the Board of Directors may not effect such modification or
amendment without such approval.

         (b)     The termination or any modification or amendment of the Plan
shall not, without the consent of an optionee, affect his or her rights under
an option previously granted to him or her. The Board of Directors may amend,
modify or terminate any outstanding option, including, but not limited to,
substituting therefore another option of the same or different type, changing
the date of exercise, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to an option
which is not an Incentive Stock Option, provided that the optionee's consent to
such action shall not be required unless the Board of Directors determines that
the action, taking into account any related actions, would not materially and
adversely affect the optionee. The Board of Directors shall have the right to
amend or modify (i) the terms and provisions of the Plan and of any outstanding
Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan to the extent necessary to
qualify any or all such options for such  favorable federal income tax
treatment (including

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deferral of taxation upon exercise) as may be afforded incentive stock options
under Section 422 of the Code and (ii) the terms and provisions of the Plan and
of any outstanding option to the extent necessary to ensure the qualification
of the Plan under Rule 16b-3.

20.      Withholding.

         The Company shall have the right to deduct from payments of any kind
otherwise due to the optionee any federal, state or local taxes of any kind
required by law to be withheld with respect to any shares issued upon exercise
of options under the Plan.  Subject to the prior approval of the Company, which
may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion, the optionee may elect
to satisfy such obligations, in whole or in part, (i) by causing the Company to
withhold shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to the exercise of
an option or (ii) by delivering to the Company shares of Common Stock already
owned by the optionee.  The shares so delivered or withheld shall have a fair
market value equal to such withholding obligation.  The fair market value of
the shares used to satisfy such withholding obligation shall be determined by
the Company as of the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be
determined.  An optionee who has made an election pursuant to this Section
20(a) may only satisfy his or her withholding obligation with shares of Common
Stock which are not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting
or other similar requirements.

21.      Reserved.

22.      Effective Date and Duration of the Plan.

         (a)     Effective Date.  The Plan shall become effective when adopted
by the Board of Directors, but no option granted under the Plan shall become
exercisable unless and until the Plan shall have been approved by the Company's
shareholders.  If such shareholder approval is not obtained within twelve
months after the date of the Board's adoption of the Plan, options previously
granted under the Plan shall not vest and shall terminate and no options shall
be granted thereafter.  Amendments to the Plan not requiring shareholder
approval shall become effective when adopted by the Board of Directors;
amendments requiring shareholder approval (as provided in Section 19) shall
become effective when adopted by the Board of Directors, but no option granted
after the date of such amendment shall become exercisable (to the extent that
such amendment to the Plan was required to enable the Company to grant such
option to a particular person) unless and until such amendment shall have been
approved by the Company's shareholders.  If such shareholder approval is not
obtained within twelve months of the Board's adoption of such amendment, any
options granted on or after the date of such amendment shall terminate to the
extent that such amendment was required to enable the Company to grant such
option to a particular optionee.  Subject to this limitation, options may be
granted under the Plan at any time after the effective date and before the date
fixed for termination of the Plan.

         (b)     Termination.  Unless sooner terminated in accordance with
Section 16, the Plan shall terminate upon the close of business on the day next
preceding the tenth anniversary of the date of its adoption by the Board of
Directors.  Options outstanding on such date shall continue to have force and
effect in accordance with the provisions of the instruments evidencing such
options.

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23.      Provision for Foreign Participants.

         The Board of Directors may, without amending the Plan, modify awards
or options granted to participants who are foreign nationals or employed
outside the United States to recognize differences in laws, rules, regulations
or customs of such foreign jurisdictions with respect to tax, securities,
currency, employee benefit or other matters.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on June 14, 1996.

Amended by the Board of Directors on June 30, 1999.

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