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+Copyright (c) 2021, IDS Mannheim
+All rights reserved.
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+# NKJP2KorAP
+
+Tools for converting NKJP-XML format to KorAP-XML
+
+## Installation
+
+## Examples Usage
+
+## Development and License
+
+Copyright (c) 2021, [Leibniz Institute for the German Language](http://www.ids-mannheim.de/), Mannheim, Germany
+
+This package is developed as part of the [KorAP](http://korap.ids-mannheim.de/)
+Corpus Analysis Platform at the Leibniz Institute for German Language
+([IDS](http://www.ids-mannheim.de/)).
+
+It is published under the [BSD-2 License](LICENSE.txt).
+
+## Contributions
+
+Contributions are very welcome!
+
+Your contributions should ideally be committed via our [Gerrit server](https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/)
+to facilitate reviewing (see [Gerrit Code Review - A Quick Introduction](https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/Documentation/intro-quick.html)
+if you are not familiar with Gerrit). However, we are also happy to accept comments and pull requests
+via GitHub.
+
+Please note that unless you explicitly state otherwise any
+contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion into this software shall –
+as this software itself – be under the [BSD-2 License](LICENSE.txt).
+
+## References