DataLad |---| data management and publication multitool
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Welcome to DataLad's **technical documentation**. Information here is targeting
software developers and is focused on the Python and command line APIs, as well
as software design, employed technologies, and key features.  Comprehensive
**user documentation** with information on installation, basic operation,
support, and (advanced) use case descriptions is available in the `DataLad
handbook <http://handbook.datalad.org>`_.

Content
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   changelog
   acknowledgements
   publications

Concepts and technologies
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   background
   related
   basics
   metadata
   customization
   designpatterns
   glossary

Commands and API
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   cmdline
   modref
   config

Extension packages
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DataLad can be customized and additional functionality can be integrated via
extensions.  Each extension provides its own documentation:

- `Crawling web resources and automated data distributions <http://docs.datalad.org/projects/crawler>`_
- `Neuroimaging data and workflows <http://docs.datalad.org/projects/neuroimaging>`_
- `Containerized computational environments <http://docs.datalad.org/projects/container>`_
- `Advanced metadata tooling with JSON-LD reporting and additional metadata extractors <http://docs.datalad.org/projects/metalad>`_

Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`

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