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+/target/
diff --git a/data-structures/README.md b/data-structures/README.md
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+## Relevant articles:
+
+- [The Trie Data Structure in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/trie-java)
+- [Implementing a Binary Tree in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-binary-tree)
diff --git a/data-structures/pom.xml b/data-structures/pom.xml
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+<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>
+	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+	<artifactId>data-structures</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<build>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+					<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
+	</build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/tree/BinaryTree.java b/data-structures/src/main/java/com/baeldung/tree/BinaryTree.java
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rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/tree/BinaryTree.java
rename to data-structures/src/main/java/com/baeldung/tree/BinaryTree.java
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trie/Trie.java b/data-structures/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trie/Trie.java
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rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trie/Trie.java
rename to data-structures/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trie/Trie.java
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trie/TrieNode.java b/data-structures/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trie/TrieNode.java
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rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trie/TrieNode.java
rename to data-structures/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trie/TrieNode.java
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/tree/BinaryTreeTest.java b/data-structures/src/test/java/com/baeldung/tree/BinaryTreeTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/tree/BinaryTreeTest.java
rename to data-structures/src/test/java/com/baeldung/tree/BinaryTreeTest.java
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/trie/TrieTest.java b/data-structures/src/test/java/com/baeldung/trie/TrieTest.java
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rename from core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/trie/TrieTest.java
rename to data-structures/src/test/java/com/baeldung/trie/TrieTest.java