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+# edi-parser
+
+This is general approach to Edifact messages parsing.
+
+This format isn't self descriptive and one has to know the specification to
+build the right structure from a payload.
+
+The Edifact specification is quite rich and updated 2 or 3 times a year between
+1990 and 2008. This project is providing combinators (see [edi-parser-core])
+and a scaffolder (see [edi-parser-scaffolder]) to derive parsers from a given
+revision.
+
+Some of those specification will be derived for general use (see
+[edi-parser-specification]).
+
+It currently supports:
+- D96A
+- D01B
+
+[edi-parser-core]:          core/README.md
+[edi-parser-scaffolder]:    scaffolder/README.md
+[edi-parser-specification]: specification/README.md