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-## umati Transformation Engine - API documentation
+# umati Transformation Engine - API documentation
 
+## Foreword
 
-### South API
+The [VDW-Forschungsinstitut e.V.](https://vdw-forschungsinstitut.de/) is currently working with partners and its members to create a specification of the proposed TransformationEngine.
+
+This document describes the development process and the decisions made to develop the API. Currently this is designed to be implemented in C to allow the application on any necessary platform and device.
+
+### Application Warning Notice
+
+This DRAFT with date of issue 2021-10-01 is being submitted to the public for review and comment.
+Because the final specification may differ from this version, the application of this draft is subject to special agreement between the parties implementing it.
+
+Comments are requested:
+
+- preferably by e-mail to [email protected]
+- or in paper form to VDW-Forschungsinstitut e.V., Lyoner Straße 18, 60528 Frankfurt
+
+***
+
+### Involved Partners
+
+- [Bridgefield](https://bridgefield.de/) (Magdeburg)
+- [iT Engineering Software Innovations](https://ite-si.de/) (Pliezhausen)
+- [Pragmatic Minds](https://pragmaticminds.de/) (Kirchheim/Teck)
+
+### Machine Tool Builders
+
+- CHIRON Group (Tuttlingen)
+- DMG Mori (Pfronten)
+- EMAG (Salach)
+- GROB Werke (Mindelheim)
+- Gebr. Heller (Nürtingen)
+- Liebherr Verzahntechnik (Kempten)
+- Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen (Ditzingen)
+- United Grinding Group (Bern)
+
+***
+
+## South API
 
 [Description](south-api/site/index.html) ([PDF](south-api/site/pdf/TEK-SouthAPI.pdf))