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Author: neradis

docs/conf.py

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 # General information about the project.
 project = 'NLP Interchange Format'
-copyright = u'2015, Sebastian Hellmann, Martin Brümmer, Markus Ackermann'
-author = u'Sebastian Hellmann, Martin Brümmer, Markus Ackermann'
+copyright = '2015, Sebastian Hellmann, Martin Brümmer, Markus Ackermann'
+author = 'Sebastian Hellmann, Martin Brümmer, Markus Ackermann'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = ''
+version = '2.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = ''
+# release = ''
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

docs/index.rst

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 Overview
 ========
 
+The NLP Interchange Format (NIF) is an RDF/OWL-based format that aims to achieve interoperability
+between Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools, language resources and annotations. NIF consists of
+specifications, ontologies and software, which are combined under the version identifier
+*"NIF 2.0"*, but are versioned individually.
+
+Although the road to complete interoperability is still long, NIF is already successful in providing
+best practices and a solid foundation for the most frequent use cases. This foundation is created
+by:
+ * Reusing existing standards such as RDF, OWL 2, the PROV Ontology and LAF (ISO 24612)
+ * Utilisation of NIF identifiers in the Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 2.0
+ * Royality-free publishing of all parts of NIF under an open license.
+
+NIF comprises a set of RDF vocabularies and ontologies, which have stable identifiers, persistent hosting, an open license and a community approved meaning.
+
+NIF is driven by its open and weclome-to-join community project NLP2RDF, consisting of a mailing list, a GitHub Project and a blog web site
 
 
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