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+# TEIGarage/MEIGarage
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+This repository is a dependency used in the [TEIGarage](https://github.com/TEIC/TEIGarage) and/or [MEIGarage](https://github.com/Edirom/MEIGarage) project which are based on the proven [OxGarage](https://github.com/TEIC/oxgarage). 
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+TEIGarage is a webservice and RESTful service to transform, convert and validate various formats, focussing on the [TEI](https://tei-c.org/) format.
+MEIGarage is a webservice and RESTful service to transform, convert and validate various formats, focussing on the [MEI](https://music-encoding.org/) format.
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+Further information on the code structure of MEIGarage and TEIGarage can be found [here](https://github.com/Edirom/MEIGarage/blob/main/doc/code-structure.md).
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