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+This directory and its subdirectories are intended for small scripts that are
+not considered parts of fluents proper. They are included because they do
+useful tings in preprocessing data, often for a specific use (e.g. microarray
+analysis with gene ontology background information).
+
+To find out what each script does, try running it with the --help option.
+
+2007-03-15, Einar Ryeng
+