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 # dress
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 Data Reduction for ESS
 
 Visit the documentation at https://dress.readthedocs.io
+
+DRESS is a Python package that provides tools to perform neutron data reduction at the European Spallation Source.
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 DRESS - Data Reduction for ESS
 ==============================
 
-This is a package containing the utilities to perform data reduction at ESS.
+This is a Python package that provides tools to perform neutron data reduction at the European Spallation Source.
 
 Documentation
 =============