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+
+Moldovan electronic Public Procurement System
+
+Terms of Reference
+
+Philosophy
+==========
+Three founding blocks of the MePPS include:
+
+1. Hybrid electronic system based on an open-source model. 
+2. "Everyone eyes everything" principle.
+3. Golden triangle of partnership - a unique form of collaboration between business, state and
+civil society where functions are split between different stakeholders to ensure independence
+and mutual control.
+
+
+Documentation
+=============
+
+MePPS is built upon OpenProcurement, an initiative aimed at developing software 
+powering tenders database and reverse auction.
+
+'openprocurement.api' is a component responsible for 
+exposing the tenders database to brokers and public.
+
+The MePPS Terms of Reference can be accessed at
+http://tor.mepps.openprocurement.io/en/latest/index.html
+
+Building documentation
+----------------------
+
+Use the following commands to build documentation from `docs/source` into `docs/html`:
+
+ ```
+ python bootstrap.py -c docs.cfg
+ bin/buildout -N -c docs.cfg
+ bin/docs 
+ ```
+
+To have the documentation translated into *<lang>* [2 letter ISO language code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes "Wikipedia"), you have to follow the scenario below:
+
+ 1. Pull all the translatable strings out of the documentation:
+
+```
+(cd docs/_build; make gettext)
+      
+```
+
+ 2. Update translation with new/changed strings::
+
+```
+bin/sphinx-intl update -c docs/source/conf.py -p docs/_build/locale -l <lang>
+ 
+```
+
+ 3. Update updated/missing strings in `docs/source/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/*.po` with your-favorite-editor/poedit/transifex/pootle/etc. to have all translations complete/updated.
+
+ 4. Compile the translation:
+
+```
+bin/sphinx-intl build -c docs/source/conf.py
+  
+```
+
+ 5. Build translated documentation(s):
+
+```
+(cd docs/_build; make -e SPHINXOPTS="-D language='uk'" html)
+```