Introduction:
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This is iRODS, the integrated Rule-Oriented Data System, a distributed
data-management system for creating data grids, digital libraries,
persistent archives, and real-time data systems.  

For information on how to build see:
INSTALL.txt and/or https://www.irods.org/index.php/installation


Web site:
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For additional information, please see https://www.irods.org

Release notes:
https://www.irods.org/index.php/Release_Notes

iRODS builds on the previous versions of iRODS and upon our years of
experience developing SRB (the Storage Resource Broker).

https://www.irods.org is a Wiki system and includes
documentation, descriptions, publications, presentations,
and other information.


Mailing list:
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http://groups.google.com/group/iROD-Chat?hl=en

We strongly encourage friendly "pro-bono" community discussions at our mailing list.