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 Introduction</h2>
-<p>The SMA information eXchange (SMA-X) is a high performance and versatile data sharing platform for distributed software systems. It is built around a central <a class="elRef" href="../../redisx/apidoc/html/structRedis.html">Redis</a> database, and provides atomic access to structured data, including specific branches and/or leaf nodes, with associated metadadata.</p>
+<p>The SMA information eXchange (SMA-X) is a high performance and versatile data sharing platform for distributed software systems. It is built around a central <a class="elRef" href="../../redisx/apidoc/html/structRedis.html">Redis</a> database, and provides atomic access to structured data, including specific branches and/or leaf nodes, with associated metadadata. SMA-X was developed at the Submillimeter Array (SMA) observatory, where we use it to share real-time data among hundreds of computers and nearly a thousand individual programs.</p>
 <p>SMA-X consists of a set of server-side <a href="https://lua.org/">LUA</a> scripts that run on <a href="https://redis.io">Redis</a> (or one of its forks / clones such as <a href="https://valkey.io">Valkey</a> or <a href="https://dragonfly.io">Dragonfly</a>); a set of libraries to interface client applications; and a set of command-line tools build with them. Currently we provide client libraries for C/C++ and Python 3. We may provide Java and/or Rust client libraries too in the future.</p>
 <p>There are no official releases of <b>smax-clib</b> yet. An initial 1.0.0 release is expected early/mid 2025. Before then the API may undergo slight changes and tweaks. Use the repository as is at your own risk for now.</p>
 <p>Some related links:</p>
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 <li><a href="https://smithsonian.github.io/smax-clib/apidoc/html/files.html">API documentation</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://smithsonian.github.io/smax-clib">Project page</a> on github.io</li>
+<li><a href="https://smithsonian.github.io/smax-python">Smithsonian/smax-python</a> an alternative library for Python 3.</li>
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 ## Introduction
 
-The SMA information eXchange (SMA-X) is a high performance and versatile data sharing platform for distributed software
-systems. It is built around a central Redis database, and provides atomic access to structured data, including 
-specific branches and/or leaf nodes, with associated metadadata.
+The SMA information eXchange (SMA-X) is a high performance and versatile data sharing platform for distributed 
+software systems. It is built around a central Redis database, and provides atomic access to structured data, 
+including specific branches and/or leaf nodes, with associated metadadata. SMA-X was developed at the Submillimeter
+Array (SMA) observatory, where we use it to share real-time data among hundreds of computers and nearly a thousand
+individual programs.
 
 SMA-X consists of a set of server-side [LUA](https://lua.org/) scripts that run on [Redis](https://redis.io) (or one 
 of its forks / clones such as [Valkey](https://valkey.io) or [Dragonfly](https://dragonfly.io)); a set of libraries to 
 interface client applications; and a set of command-line tools build with them. Currently we provide client libraries 
-for C/C++ and Python 3. We may provide Java and/or Rust client libraries too in the future.
+for C/C++ and Python 3. We may provide Java and/or Rust client libraries too in the future. 
 
 There are no official releases of __smax-clib__ yet. An initial 1.0.0 release is expected early/mid 2025. 
 Before then the API may undergo slight changes and tweaks. Use the repository as is at your own risk for now.
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ Some related links:
 
  - [API documentation](https://smithsonian.github.io/smax-clib/apidoc/html/files.html)
  - [Project page](https://smithsonian.github.io/smax-clib) on github.io
+ - [Smithsonian/smax-python](https://smithsonian.github.io/smax-python) an alternative library for Python 3.
 
 
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