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+Simple-CLI-ramlparser
+=================
+
+A simple implementation of a raml parser with the raml-js library.
+
+To install simply run 
+
+  $sudo ./install.sh
+  
+this will put a ramlparser program on your PATH.
+
+You need to have nodejs installed (and npm) to build this program libraries.