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+=pod
+
+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+korapxml_offset_checker - Check offsets in KorAP-XML files
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+  perl korapxml_offset_checker -i NKJP/NKJP/SuperExpress -a nkjp/morpho
+
+=head1 INSTALLATION
+
+Requires Mojolicious.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 2
+
+=item B<--input|-i>
+
+Expects a path to the root of a KorAP-XML document
+(the root being the text level, including the C<data.xml>),
+e.g. C<NKJP/NKJP/SuperExpress>.
+
+=item B<--annotation|-a>
+
+Expects the annotation to check for failing offsets in the form of
+C<foundry/layer>, e.g. C<nkjp/morpho>.
+
+=item B<--fix|-f>
+
+Binary flag to rewrite data.xml with fixed offsets.
+
+=item B<--quiet|-q>
+
+Binary flag to indicate to never ask, if fixing is really wanted.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2022, L<IDS Mannheim|https://www.ids-mannheim.de/>
+
+Author: Nils Diewald
+
+This program is free software published under the
+L<BSD-2 License|https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause>.
+
+=cut
+