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| author | Bryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org> | 2019-02-06 14:22:15 -0800 |
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| committer | Bryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org> | 2019-02-06 14:22:15 -0800 |
| commit | 05578c296e6a7fbbefb3d1537f5089f5e67b8ae0 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/python/fatcat_web/templates/about.html b/python/fatcat_web/templates/about.html index 89c07859..4a234ff4 100644 --- a/python/fatcat_web/templates/about.html +++ b/python/fatcat_web/templates/about.html @@ -3,16 +3,24 @@ <h1>About Fatcat</h1> -<p>This is versioned, public-editable catalog of research publications: journal +<p>Fatcat is versioned, public-editable catalog of research publications: journal articles, conference proceedings, pre-prints, blog posts, and so forth. The goal is to improve the state of preservation and access to these works by -providing a manifest of file content versions and locations. This service does -not directly contain full-text content itself, but provides basic access for human -and machine readers through links to copies in web archives, institutional and -other repositories, and the public web. +providing a manifest of full-text content versions and locations. -<p>A few features set fatcat apart from similar indexing and discovery services -in the scholarly communications space: +<p>This service does not directly contain full-text content itself, but +provides basic access for human and machine readers through links to copies in +web archives, institutional and other repositories, and the public web. + +<p>Significantly more context and background information can be found in <a +href="https://guide.{{ config.FATCAT_DOMAIN }}/">The Guide</a>. + +<p>Feedback and queries can be directed to the <b><a +href="mailto:info@archive.org">info@archive.org</a></b> email address. + +<h3>Goals and Features</h3> + +<p>A few things set fatcat apart from similar indexing and discovery services: <ul> <li>inclusion of archival file-level metadata (content digests) in addition @@ -100,4 +108,7 @@ as the service aspires to be a <i>universal</i> (complete) catalog of the digital scholarly record. <!-- TODO: attribution anyways --> +<p>A list of technical contributors, including volunteers, is maintained in the +source code repository (<code>CONTRIBUTORS.md</code>). Thanks everybody! + {% endblock %} |