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-# Well Plate Reader - Read well plates on Icy
+# wellPlateReader
 
-## Description
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+This is the repository for the source code of *wellPlateReader*, a plugin for the [bioimage analysis software Icy](http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/), which was developed by members or former members of the [Biological Image Analysis unit at Institut Pasteur](https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/bioimage-analysis/). This plugin is licensed under GPL3 license.     
+Icy is developed and maintained by [Biological Image Analysis unit at Institut Pasteur](https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/bioimage-analysis/). The [source code of Icy](https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/bia/icy) is also licensed under a GPL3 license.     
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+## Plugin description
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+<!-- Short description of goals of package, with descriptive links to the documentation website --> 
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+Well plate support for Icy, with an interactive well plate viewer and batch processing capabilities within Protocols        
+A more detailed user documentation can be found on the wellPlateReader documentation page on the Icy website: http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/plugin/well-plates/               
+
+
+## Installation instructions
+
+For end-users, refer to the documentation on the Icy website on [how to install an Icy plugin](http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/tutorial/how-to-install-an-icy-plugin/).      
+
+For developers, see our [Contributing guidelines](https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/bia/icy/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) and [Code of Conduct](https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/bia/icy/-/blob/master/CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md).      
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+## Main functions and usage
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+<!-- list main functions, explain architecture, classname, give info on how to get started with the plugin. If applicable, how the package compares to other similar packages and/or how it relates to other packages -->
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+Classname: `plugins.adufour.hcs.WellPlateImporter`
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+
+## Citation 
+
+Please cite this plugins as follows:          
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+
+Please also cite the Icy software and mention the version of Icy you used (bottom right corner of the GUI or first lines of the Output tab):     
+de Chaumont, F. et al. (2012) Icy: an open bioimage informatics platform for extended reproducible research, [Nature Methods](https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.2075), 9, pp. 690-696       
+http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org    
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+
+
+## Author(s)      
+
+Alexandre Dufour, Vannary Meas-Yedid, Daniel Felipe González Obando
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+## Additional information
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+ Description
 
 This project contains the code necessary to import and show well plates from Opera machines.
 
 This project has been developed as a _Gradle_ project and can be opened with _Eclipse_ IDE.
 
-### Available plugins
+ Available plugins
 
 In danyfel.bigimage.io:
 
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   This plugin reads the information of a well plate and then shows an interface with the available plates and their corresponding fields.
 
 
-## Installation
+ Installation
 
-### Requirements
+ Requirements
 
 In order to be able to work with this project you must have installed the following software:
 
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 - **Eclipse**, version _Neon_ or above. Make sure to have the _Buildship_ plugin installed. ([Available here](http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/))
 - **Icy4Eclipse** plugin for Eclipse, the latest version available. Follow [these](http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/index.php?display=startDevWithIcy) instructions.
 
-### Setup
+ Setup
 
 1. Use your *Git* repository manager of preference to download this repository (you can use Eclipse Git perspective to do this). The repository URL is [https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/bia/wellPlateReader.git](https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/bia/wellPlateReader.git).
 2. Make sure the environment variable **ICY_HOME** is set to the location of your Icy installation. _**Note**: This could be tricky on Mac so make sure to follow [these](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/829749/launch-mac-eclipse-with-environment-variables-set) instructions._