Document Quickstart

Author: Onoyiza

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+# Quick Start Guide to Modelspec
+
+This is a quick guide to the various parts of the modelspec module and examples.
+
+## Installation of Python API
+
+Use **pip** to install the latest version of modelspec (plus dependencies) from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/modelspec):
+```
+pip install modelspec
+```
+
+More details, and importantly, how to set up a [virtual environment](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) for the package, can be found [here](Installation).
+
+## Examples of Modelspec
+
+### Simple example
+
+A basic example which illustrates how to create the specification for a document(model) and create serialized instances can be found [here](examples/README)
+
+### Serialization formats
+
+Python scripts can be used to generate the specification of a type of model(e.g. [this](https://github.com/ModECI/modelspec/blob/main/examples/document.py)), but the models are saved in standardized format in either text based [JSON](https://github.com/ModECI/modelspec/blob/main/examples/document.json) or [YAML](https://github.com/ModECI/modelspec/blob/main/examples/document.yaml) formats or in binary [BSON](https://github.com/ModECI/modelspec/blob/main/examples/document.bson) format.
+
+### Currently supported environments
+
+#### MDF
+
+Mdf uses modelspec to create the structure of its models and convert the models into serialize formats such as json, yaml, and bson.
+
+#### NeuroML
+
+NeuroMLite uses modelspec to create the structure of its models and convert the models into serialize formats such as json, yaml, and bson.