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 # XSD
 
-XSD is an XML Schema to C++ compiler.
+XSD is an open-source, cross-platform XML Schema to C++ data binding
+compiler. Provided with an XML document specification (XML Schema), it
+generates C++ classes that represent the given vocabulary as well as XML
+parsing and serialization code. You can then access the data stored in XML
+using types and functions that semantically correspond to your application
+domain rather than dealing with generic elements/attributes and raw strings.
+
+For further information, including licensing conditions, documentation, and
+binary packages, refer to the [XSD project
+page](https://codesynthesis.com/products/xsd/).
 
 NOTE: the steps described below are more appropriate for the development of
 XSD as opposed to consumption. If you just want to use XSD, see [Installing
 XSD with `build2`](https://codesynthesis.com/products/xsd/doc/install-build2.xhtml)
-for the step by step instructions.
+for the step-by-step instructions.
 
-The development setup for XSD uses two configurations, for example:
+The development setup for XSD uses two build configurations, for example:
 
 ```
 git clone .../xsd.git