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-cristallina
+Cristallina data analysis modules and plotting utilities.
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+This is a python package for data analysis, plotting and utility functions for the Cristallina endstation @ SwissFEL.
 
-    Cristallina data analysis modules and plotting utilities.
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-Here we collect modules for data analysis, plotting and utility functions for the Cristallina endstation. 
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-The data analysis is based on the common SwissFEL data architecture, with convienent access provided by `sf_datafiles <https://github.com/paulscherrerinstitute/sf_datafiles>`_. 
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-The test suite (based on pytest) requires access to some data only available on either the cristallina consoles or the RA cluster. 
+The data analysis is based on the common SwissFEL data architecture, with convienent access provided by `sf_datafiles <https://github.com/paulscherrerinstitute/sf_datafiles>`_.  Some parts require access to SwissFEL-specific data storage but the aim is to use this package indepedently for data analysis both online and offline operation.