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+# EDPlayerJournal
+
+EDPlayerJournal is a C# library for parsing and working with the
+Elite: Dangerous player journal. The journal consists of a series of text
+files containing a JSON object per line (JSONL) that gets continuously
+updated by the engine as the player plays the game.
+
+## BGS Engine
+
+The project also contains the BGS engine, which tallies BGS activities from
+the journal. It is the heart of the EDBGS app, which creates BGS reports
+that show a players daily BGS activity in the game.
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