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@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ # Crane -Crane is a minimal self-hosted research literature organizational web service -with support for paper download and metadata retrieval. +Crane is a literature download and organization web service with support for +paper download and metadata retrieval. -No databases or app-proprietary formats are used. Papers are categorized by the -directories in which they're stored, and XML metadata is retrieved from the -[doi.org](https://www.doi.org/) API and written alongside each paper for which -its DOI is known. +Goals of the project are to be minimal, support data portability (no databases +or app-proprietary formats), and secure. Paper "categories" are simply +directories created on the filesystem, and paper metadata taken directly from +the [doi.org](https://www.doi.org/) API and written verbatim. - +A screenshot of the interface can be [found here](screenshots/admin.png). ## Installation |