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 # Open Science Portal
 This project should serve as pilot access portal for all open data product, documentation of open software and guidelines for open data usage. 
 The portal is served at [the pages](https://open-data.pages.km3net.de/openscienceportal)
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+WE ARE AT THE COLLECTION PHASE :)
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+## How to contribute
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+At the pages, you can find a tentative outline of the portal. This is not yet fixed, and so far, no content has been created. Content is stored in markdown files in the "pages" folder.
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+To add information, create a appropriately named md file in the pages folder. If not sure how to name your file, have a look at the outline for guidance where your info might go.
+You can also just add random snippets of information, the proper naming and ordering (and further integration of external resources like notebooks, links etc.) will be done in the editing.
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+You do not have to clone the repository - just use the web editor for adding content!