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   <h1 id="targets">Targets</h1>
 
-  <p>A target is a container of tasks that cooperate to reach a
+  <p>A target is a container of tasks and datatypes that cooperate to reach a
     desired state during the build process.</p>
 
   <p>Targets can depend on other targets and Apache Ant ensures that these
