In an attempt to keep all user-facing documentation in one place, please visit the [arat homepage][arat] which contains extensive documentation and examples of how to use and configure arat. We apologise for only providing minimal documentation along with the installation package but the risk of having out-dated documentation delivered to our end-users is unacceptable.
If you find bugs in your arat installation or errors in the documentation, please file an issue at our issue tracker and we will strive to address it promptly.
arat (arat rapid annotation tool) is a fork of brat (brat rapid annotation tool) wich goal is to provide a reliable and modern tool to assist any text annotation task.
A modern tool because it works out of the box in many python2.7 or python3 environment with the same code base.
It is reliable because extensive test sets are included with the code, something that brat lacks.
arat itself is available under the permissive MIT License but incorporates software using a variety of open-source licenses, for details please see see LICENSE.md.
As with any software arat is under continuous development. If you have requests for features please file an issue describing your request. Also, if you want to see work towards a specific feature feel free to contribute by working towards it. The standard procedure is to fork the repository, add a feature, fix a bug, then file a pull request that your changes are to be merged into the main repository and included in the next release. If you seek guidance or pointers please notify the arat developers and we will be more than happy to help.
If you send a pull request you agree that the code will be distributed under the same license as arat (MIT). Additionally, all non-anonymous contributors are recognised in the CONTRIBUTORS.md file.