mikewalch closed pull request #1027: Updated description of Fluo in README.md URL: https://github.com/apache/fluo/pull/1027
This is a PR merged from a forked repository. As GitHub hides the original diff on merge, it is displayed below for the sake of provenance: As this is a foreign pull request (from a fork), the diff is supplied below (as it won't show otherwise due to GitHub magic): diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 46d0e9a7..2d4a66a2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ limitations under the License. --- [![Build Status][ti]][tl] [![Apache License][li]][ll] [![Maven Central][mi]][ml] [![Javadoc][ji]][jl] -**Apache Fluo lets users make incremental updates to large data sets stored in Apache Accumulo.** - -[Apache Fluo][fluo] is an open source implementation of [Percolator][percolator] (which populates -Google's search index) for [Apache Accumulo][accumulo]. Fluo makes it possible to update the results -of a large-scale computation, index, or analytic as new data is discovered. Check out the Fluo -[project website][fluo] for news and general information. +[Apache Fluo][fluo] is a distributed processing system that lets users make incremental updates to large +data sets. With Apache Fluo, users can set up workflows that execute cross node transactions when data +changes. These workflows enable users to continuously join new data into large existing data sets without +reprocessing all data. Apache Fluo is an open source implementation of [Percolator][Percolator] (which +populates Google's search index) that is built on [Apache Accumulo]. Check out the +[Fluo project website][fluo] for news and general information. ## Getting Started @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ of a large-scale computation, index, or analytic as new data is discovered. Chec [fluo]: https://fluo.apache.org/ [related]: https://fluo.apache.org/related-projects/ [tour]: https://fluo.apache.org/tour/ -[accumulo]: https://accumulo.apache.org -[percolator]: https://research.google.com/pubs/pub36726.html +[Apache Accumulo]: https://accumulo.apache.org +[Percolator]: https://research.google.com/pubs/pub36726.html [fluo-docs]: https://fluo.apache.org/docs/ [ti]: https://travis-ci.org/apache/fluo.svg?branch=master [tl]: https://travis-ci.org/apache/fluo ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
