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-# annotation_workflow_template
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-This repo holds the current version of the DCML annotation workflow which is pulled by all subcorpus repos upon push to their main branch. 
 
-Please note that the `meta_ corpora` branch should be used with collections of corpora.
+This is a README file for a data repository originating from the [DCML corpus initiative](https://github.com/DCMLab/dcml_corpora)
+and serves as welcome page for both 
+
+* the GitHub repo [https://github.com/DCMLab/wagner_overtures](https://github.com/DCMLab/wagner_overtures) and the corresponding
+* documentation page [https://dcmlab.github.io/wagner_overtures](https://dcmlab.github.io/wagner_overtures)
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+For information on how to obtain and use the dataset, please refer to [this documentation page](https://dcmlab.github.io/wagner_overtures/introduction).
+
+# Richard Wagner – Overtures (v2.1)
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+## Version history
+
+See the [GitHub releases](https://github.com/DCMLab/wagner_overtures/releases).
+
+## License
+
+Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License ([CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)).
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 ## Overview