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-This project implements the new *nomad@FAIRDI* infrastructure. Contrary to its NOMAD CoE
-predecessor, it implements the NOMAD Repository and NOMAD Archive functionality within
-a single cohesive application. This project provides all necessary artifacts to develop,
-test, deploy, and operate the NOMAD Respository and Archive, e.g. at
-[https://nomad-lab.eu](https://nomad-lab.eu).
-
-In the future, this project's aim is to integrate more NOMAD CoE components, like the NOMAD
-Encyclopedia and NOMAD Analytics Toolkit, to fully integrate NOMAD with one GUI and consistent
-APIs. Furthermore, this projects aims at establishing NOMAD as a distributed platform for
-material science data sharing and management. This includes the on-site deployment of
-NOMAD as a standalone service (*oasis*), the federated use of NOMAD through a
-serious of full and partial *mirrors*, the integration of 3rd party material science
+This project implements the new *NOMAD* data infrastructure. It provides all necessary artifacts to develop,
+test, deploy, and operate the NOMAD data infrastructure (e.g. at [https://nomad-lab.eu](https://nomad-lab.eu)).
+
+The NOMAD data infrastructure also integrates with 3rd party material science
 databases (i.e. [Aflow](http://www.aflow.org/), [OQMD](http://oqmd.org/),
-[Materials Project](https://materialsproject.org/)), and support for open APIs and
+[Materials Project](https://materialsproject.org/)), and supports open APIs and
 standards like the [Optimade](http://www.optimade.org/) API.
 
+Furthermore, this projects aims at establishing NOMAD as a distributed platform for
+material science data sharing and management. This includes the on-site deployment of
+NOMAD as a standalone service (*oasis*), the federated use of NOMAD through a
+serious of full and partial *mirrors*. 
 
 ## Getting started