From ff5b1da0276162a9d1aae2a47b61a79cecbae13a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrien Barbaresi Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 17:48:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update readme --- README.md | 15 +++++++++++---- docs/index.rst | 14 +++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fd61ef8b..eb6ededf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -116,10 +116,17 @@ Versions prior to v1.8.0 are under GPLv3+ license. ## Author -This project is part of methods to derive information from web documents -in order to build [text databases for -research](https://www.dwds.de/d/k-web) (chiefly linguistic analysis and -natural language processing). +Initially launched to create text databases for research purposes, +this project continues to be maintained, but its future development +depends on community support. + +If you value this software or depend on it for your product, consider +sponsoring it or contributing to its codebase. Your support will +help maintain and enhance this popular package, ensuring its growth, +robustness, and accessibility for developers and users around the world. + +Reach out via the software repository or the `contact page `_ +for inquiries, collaborations, or feedback. Extracting and pre-processing web texts to meet the exacting standards is a significant challenge. It is often not possible to reliably diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 80323a17..eaa4c0df 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -249,7 +249,19 @@ Versions prior to v1.8.0 are under GPLv3+ license. Author ------ -This effort is part of methods to derive information from web documents in order to build `text databases for research `_ (chiefly linguistic analysis and natural language processing). Extracting and pre-processing web texts to the exacting standards of scientific research presents a substantial challenge for those who conduct such research. There are web pages for which neither the URL nor the server response provide a reliable way to find out when a document was published or modified. For more information: +Initially launched to create text databases for research purposes, +this project continues to be maintained, but its future development +depends on community support. + +If you value this software or depend on it for your product, consider +sponsoring it or contributing to its codebase. Your support will +help maintain and enhance this popular package, ensuring its growth, +robustness, and accessibility for developers and users around the world. + +Extracting and pre-processing web texts to meet the exacting standards +is a significant challenge. It is often not possible to reliably +determine the date of publication or modification using either the URL +or the server response. For more information: .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/JOSS-10.21105%2Fjoss.02439-brightgreen :target: https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02439