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-# The HDF Group
+# The HDF Group Documentation Project
Our **non-profit mission** is to ensure efficient and equitable access to science and engineering data across platforms and environments, now and forever.
-People around the world rely on open source HDF software and use it to solve some of the most challenging data management problems.
+People around the world rely on open source HDF software and use it to solve some of the most challenging data management problems. This repository provides a front end for https://support.hdfgroup.org, the one-stop shop for help and documentation on HDF5 software. These software projects include:
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+| Project Name | What is it? | GitHub Repo |
+| ----- | ---- | ---|
+| HDF5 | High-performance data management and storage suite (More info.) | https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5 |
+| HDFView | A visual tool written in Java for browsing and editing HDF (HDF5 and HDF4) files (More info.) | https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdfview |
+| HSDS | REST-based solution for reading and writing complex binary data formats within object-based storage environments (More info.) | https://github.com/HDFGroup/hsds |
+| HDF4 | A library and multi-object file format for storing and managing data between machines (More info.) | https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf4 |
+
+# Contribute
+
+This repo provides the framework for the introductory pages (i.e. content for the top level pages) of The HDF Group's documentation for the above projects. These pages are build using Jeckyl and served via Github Pages. Feel free to contribute PRs and issues here, however if your contribution is specifically related to the documentation of those projects, those contributions belong in the repo for that project. Is it confusing? Yes. Please edit this page if you have a better way to explain this.
+
+## Testing Your Changes Before Submitting a PR
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+Set up GitHub pages on your fork to test your changes before submitting.