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- Fixed statement about automatic snapshot builds (cf. #411).

Author: blackwinter

README.md

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 Metafacture is a toolkit for processing semi-structured data with a focus on library metadata. It provides a versatile set of tools for reading, writing and transforming data. Metafacture can be used as a stand-alone application or as a Java library in other applications. The name Metafacture is a portmanteau of the words *meta*data and manu*facture*.
 
-Metafacture includes a [large number of modules](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-documentation/blob/master/flux-commands.md) for operating on semi-structured data. These modules can be combined to build pipelines to perform complex metadata processing tasks. The pipelines can be constructed either in Java code or with the domain-specific language **Flux**. One of the core features of Metafacture is the **Metamorph** module. Metamorph is an xml-based language for specifying transformations of semi-structured data. It can be seamlessly integrated into Java code.
+Metafacture includes a [large number of modules](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-documentation/blob/master/flux-commands.md) for operating on semi-structured data. These modules can be combined to build pipelines to perform complex metadata processing tasks. The pipelines can be constructed either in Java code or with the domain-specific language **Flux**. One of the core features of Metafacture is the **Metamorph** module. Metamorph is an XML-based language for specifying transformations of semi-structured data. It can be seamlessly integrated into Java code.
 
 At its heart Metafacture is a framework for implementing modules for metadata processing. This makes Metafacture easily extendable with additional modules. The [plugins and tools page](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-core/wiki/Plugins-and-Tools) on the wiki shows supplementary packages and projects which extend Metafacture.
 
-Originally, Metafacture was developed as part of the [Culturegraph](http://culturegraph.org) platform but it is developed independently now and used by others, too: [see who uses Metafacture](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-core/wiki/Who-uses-Metafacture).
+Originally, Metafacture was developed as part of the [Culturegraph](http://www.culturegraph.org) platform but it is developed independently now and used by others, too: [see who uses Metafacture](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-core/wiki/Who-uses-Metafacture).
 
 # Getting started
 
 You can either use Metafacture as a stand-alone application or include it as a Java library in your own projects.
 
 ## Metafacture as a stand-alone application
 
-If you are only interested in running Flux scripts without doing any Java programming this is the way to go. The instructions assume that you are using a *nix-like shell. [See more information in the wiki page about Flux](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-core/wiki/Flux-user-guide).
+If you are only interested in running Flux scripts without doing any Java programming this is the way to go. The instructions assume that you are using a \*nix-like shell. [See more information in the wiki page about Flux](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-core/wiki/Flux-user-guide).
 
-1. Download the latest distribution package from the [metafacture-core/releases](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-core/releases) page. Make sure that you do download a distribution package and _not_ a source code package (the file name should include *-dist*).
+1. Download the latest distribution package from the [release page](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-core/releases). Make sure that you do download a distribution package and *not* a source code package (the file name should include `*-dist*`).
 
 2. Extract the downloaded archive:
    ```bash
-   $ tar xzf metafacture-core-VERSION-dist.tar.gz
+   $ tar xzf metafacture-core-$VERSION-dist.tar.gz
    ```
-   This will create a new directory containing a ready-to-use metafacture distribution.
+   This will create a new directory containing a ready-to-use Metafacture distribution.
 3. Change into the newly created directory:
    ```bash
-   $ cd metafacture-core-VERSION
+   $ cd metafacture-core-$VERSION
    ```
 4. Run one of the example scripts:
    ```bash
    $ ./flux.sh examples/read/marc21/read-marc21.flux
    ```
-   This example will print a number of marc21 records on standard out.
+   This example will print a number of MARC 21 records on standard output.
 
-The _examples_ folder contains many more examples which provide a good starting point for learning metafacture. If you have any questions please join our [mailing list](http://lists.dnb.de/mailman/listinfo/metafacture) or use our issue-based discussion forum over at [metafacture-documentation](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-documentation).
+The `examples` folder contains many more examples which provide a good starting point for learning Metafacture. If you have any questions please join our [mailing list](http://lists.dnb.de/mailman/listinfo/metafacture) or use our issue-based discussion forum over at [metafacture-documentation](https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-documentation).
 
 
-## Using Metafacture as a Java libary
+## Using Metafacture as a Java library
 
-If you want use Metafacture in your own Java projects all you need to add some dependencies to your project. As of Metafacture 5 the single metafacture-core package has been replaced with a number of domain-specific packages. You can find the list of packages on [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.metafacture%22).
+If you want to use Metafacture in your own Java projects all you need is to add some dependencies to your project. As of Metafacture 5, the single metafacture-core package has been replaced with a number of domain-specific packages. You can find the list of packages on [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.metafacture).
 
 Alternatively, you can simply guess the package names from the top-level folders in the source code repository -- they are the same. For instance, if you want to use Metamorph in your project, simply add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 
 ```xml
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.metafacture</groupId>
     <artifactId>metamorph</artifactId>
-    <version>VERSION</version>
+    <version>$VERSION</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 or if Gradle is your build tool of choice use:
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'org.metafacture:metamorph:VERSION'
+    implementation 'org.metafacture:metamorph:$VERSION'
 }
 ```
 
-Our integration server automatically publishes successful builds of all branches as snapshot versions on [Sonatype OSS Repository](https://oss.sonatype.org/index.html#nexus-search;quick~metafacture). The version number is derived from the branch name. Snapshot builds from the master branch always have the version "master-SNAPSHOT".
+Occasionally, we publish snapshot builds on [Sonatype OSS Repository](https://oss.sonatype.org/index.html#nexus-search;gav~org.metafacture~~~~). The version number is derived from the branch name. Snapshot builds from the master branch always have the version `master-SNAPSHOT`.
 
 <!--
 TODO: Link to getting started tutorial
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-core.git
 $ cd metafacture-core
 ```
 
-2. Invoke the gradle-wrapper to download Gradle and build metafacture-core (on Windows call `gradlew.bat install`):
+2. Invoke the Gradle wrapper to download Gradle and build metafacture-core (on Windows call `gradlew.bat install` instead):
 
 ```bash
 $ ./gradlew install