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commit 4780be52d64bcad016e9c88348e9cbe922a99560 Author: Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> AuthorDate: Mon Nov 11 10:40:47 2024 +1100 Update README.md Improve English and a few minor changes. --- README.md | 19 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 797050cc0..1fe304c4b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,20 +30,20 @@ ## Introduction -Apache Gravitino is a high-performance, geo-distributed, and federated metadata lake. It manages metadata directly in different sources, types, and regions and provides users with unified metadata access for data and AI assets. +Apache Gravitino is a high-performance, geo-distributed, and federated metadata lake. It manages metadata directly in different sources, types, and regions, providing users with unified metadata access for data and AI assets.  Gravitino aims to provide several key features: -* Single Source of Truth for multi-regional data with geo-distributed architecture support. -* Unified Data and AI asset management for both users and engines. +* Single source of truth for multi-regional data with geo-distributed architecture support. +* Unified data and AI asset management for both users and engines. * Security in one place, centralizing the security for different sources. * Built-in data management and data access management. ## Contributing to Apache Gravitino -Gravitino is open source software available under the Apache 2.0 license. For information on how to contribute to Gravitino, please see the [Contribution guidelines](https://gravitino.apache.org/contrib/). +Gravitino is open source software available under the Apache 2.0 license. For information on contributing to Gravitino, please see the [Contribution guidelines](https://gravitino.apache.org/contrib/). ## Online documentation @@ -83,14 +83,13 @@ Please see [How to build Gravitino](https://gravitino.apache.org/docs/latest/how ### Use Gravitino playground -This is the most recommended way: Gravitino provides a docker-compose based playground to quickly experience the whole system together with other components. Clone or download the [Gravitino playground repository](https://github.com/apache/gravitino-playground) and then follow the [README](https://github.com/apache/gravitino-playground/blob/main/README.md), you will have all then. +This is the recommended approach. Gravitino provides a docker-compose-based playground where you can experience a whole system alongside other components. Clone or download the [Gravitino playground repository](https://github.com/apache/gravitino-playground) and then follow the [README](https://github.com/apache/gravitino-playground/blob/main/README.md), to get everything running. ### Configure and start Gravitino server in local -If you want to start Gravitino in your machine, download a binary package from the [download page](https://gravitino.apache.org/downloads), and then decompressed the package. +To start Gravitino on your machine, download a binary package from the [download page](https://gravitino.apache.org/downloads) and decompress the package. -Before starting the Gravitino server, please configure the Gravitino server configuration file. The -configuration file, `gravitino.conf`, is in the `conf` directory and follows the standard property file format. You can modify the configuration within this file. +Before starting the Gravitino server, configure its settings by editing the `gravitino.conf` file located in the `conf` directory. This file follows the standard properties file format, allowing you to modify the server configuration as needed. To start the Gravitino server, please run: @@ -114,11 +113,11 @@ And press `CTRL+C` to stop the Gravitino server. ### Gravitino Iceberg REST catalog service -Gravitino provides Iceberg REST catalog service to manage Iceberg. For more details, please refer to [Gravitino Iceberg REST catalog service](https://gravitino.apache.org/docs/latest/iceberg-rest-service/). +Gravitino provides Iceberg REST catalog service to manage Iceberg efficiently. For more details, refer to [Gravitino Iceberg REST catalog service](https://gravitino.apache.org/docs/latest/iceberg-rest-service/). ### Using Trino with Apache Gravitino -Gravitino provides a Trino connector to access the metadata in Gravitino. To use Trino with Gravitino, please follow the [trino-gravitino-connector doc](https://gravitino.apache.org/docs/latest/trino-connector/index/). +Gravitino provides a Trino connector for accessing metadata within Gravitino. To use Trino with Gravitino, please follow the [trino-gravitino-connector doc](https://gravitino.apache.org/docs/latest/trino-connector/index/). ## Development guide