Merge pull request #83 in TSI/web-application-java from TSI-2977 to develop

Approved by Bart and Alexey, so merging.

* commit 'a8c77bb31cd3e8eb99d45601adadd7e046e20ffc':
  README.md edited online with Bitbucket
  README.md edited online with Bitbucket

Author: jglandman

README.md

@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ SDL Digital Experience Accelerator Java Spring MVC web application
 
 About
 -----
-The SDL Digital Experience Accelerator (DXA) is a reference implementation of SDL Web 8 and SDL Tridion 2013 SP1(*) intended to help you create, design and publish an SDL Web/Tridion-based website quickly.
+The SDL Digital Experience Accelerator (DXA) is a reference implementation of SDL Web (version 8, 8.5, or Cloud) that we provide to help you more quickly create, design, and publish a website based on SDL Web.
 
-It is available for .NET and Java Web Applications and has a modular architecture consisting of a Framework and example web application providing core functionality and separate Modules for additional, optional functionality.
+DXA is available for both .NET and Java web applications. Its modular architecture consists of a framework and example web application, which includes all core SDL Web functionality as well as separate Modules for additional, optional functionality.
 
-This repository contains the source code of the DXA Framework, example web application and Maven archetype for Java. 
-The full DXA distribution (including CM-side items and installation support) is downloadable from the [SDL Appstore site](https://appstore.sdl.com/web-content-management/app/sdl-digital-experience-accelerator-java/737/) (latest version)
-or the [Releases in GitHub](https://github.com/sdl/dxa-web-application-java/releases) (all versions)
+This repository contains the source code of the DXA Framework, an example Java web application, and a Maven archetype for Java. 
 
+The full DXA distribution (including Content Manager-side items and installation support) is downloadable from the [SDL Appstore site](https://appstore.sdl.com/web-content-management/app/sdl-digital-experience-accelerator-java/737/) (latest version)
+or the [Releases in GitHub](https://github.com/sdl/dxa-web-application-java/releases) (all versions)
 Furthermore, the compiled DXA artifacts are available on [Maven Central](http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cdxa). 
-To facilitate upgrades, it is highly recommended to use official, compiled DXA artifacts from Maven Central instead of a custom build.
-If you really have to modify the DXA Framework, we kindly request you to submit your changes as a Contribution; see below. 
 
-(*) SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 is only supported up to DXA version 1.6.
+To facilitate upgrades, we strongly recommend that you use official, compiled DXA artifacts from Maven Central instead of a custom build.
+If you really must modify the DXA framework, we kindly request you to submit your changes as a Contribution (see the Branches and Contributions section below). 
+
 
 Support
 ---------------
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ If you encounter any issues with the Digital Experience Accelerator, please reac
 
 - Report issues directly in [this repository](https://github.com/sdl/dxa-web-application-java/issues)
 - Ask questions 24/7 on the SDL Web Community at https://tridion.stackexchange.com
-- Contact Technical Support through the Customer Support Web Portal at https://www.sdl.com/support
+- Contact Technical Support through the SDL Support web portal at https://www.sdl.com/support
 
 
 Documentation
 -------------
-Documentation can be found online in the SDL documentation portal: http://docs.sdl.com/sdldxa2-ctp
+Documentation can be found online in the SDL documentation portal: http://docs.sdl.com/sdldxa20
 
 
 Repositories
@@ -41,51 +41,55 @@ The following repositories with source code are available:
  - https://github.com/sdl/dxa-html-design - Whitelabel HTML Design
  - https://github.com/sdl/dxa-model-service - Model Service (Java)
  - https://github.com/sdl/dxa-modules - Modules (.NET and Java)
- - https://github.com/sdl/dxa-web-application-dotnet - ASP.NET MVC web application (incl. framework)
- - https://github.com/sdl/dxa-web-application-java - Java Spring MVC web application (incl. framework)
+ - https://github.com/sdl/dxa-web-application-dotnet - ASP.NET MVC web application (including framework)
+ - https://github.com/sdl/dxa-web-application-java - Java Spring MVC web application (including framework)
 
 
 Branches and Contributions
 --------------------------
 We are using the following branching strategy:
 
- - `master` - Represents the latest stable version. This may be a pre-release version (tagged as `DXA x.y Sprint z`). Updated each development Sprint (approx. bi-weekly).
+ - `master` - Represents the latest stable version. This may be a pre-release version (tagged as `DXA x.y Sprint z`). Updated each development Sprint (approximately bi-weekly).
  - `develop` - Represents the latest development version. Updated very frequently (typically nightly).
- - `release/x.y` - Represents the x.y Release. If hotfixes are applicable, they will be applied to the appropriate release branch, so that the release branch actually represent the initial release plus hotfixes.
+ - `release/x.y` - Represents the x.y Release. If hotfixes are applicable, they will be applied to the appropriate release branch so that the branch actually represents the initial release plus hotfixes.
 
 All releases (including pre-releases and hotfix releases) are tagged. 
 
 Note that development sources (on `develop` branch) have dependencies on SNAPSHOT versions of the DXA artifacts, which are available here: https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/sdl/dxa/
 
-If you wish to submit a Pull Request, it should normally be submitted on the `develop` branch, so it can be incorporated in the upcoming release.
+If you wish to submit a Pull Request, it should normally be submitted on the `develop` branch so that it can be incorporated in the upcoming release.
 
-Fixes for really severe/urgent issues (which qualify as hotfixes) should be submitted as Pull Request on the appropriate release branch.
+Fixes for severe/urgent issues (that qualify as hotfixes) should be submitted as Pull Requests on the appropriate release branch.
 
-Please always submit an Issue for the problem and indicate whether you think it qualifies as a hotfix; Pull Requests on release branches will only be accepted after agreement on the severity of the issue.
+Always submit an Issue for the problem, and indicate whether you think it qualifies as a hotfix. Pull Requests on release branches will only be accepted after agreement on the severity of the issue.
 Furthermore, Pull Requests on release branches are expected to be extensively tested by the submitter.
 
-Of course, it's also possible (and appreciated) to report an Issue without associated Pull Requests.
+Of course, it is also possible (and appreciated) to report an issue without associated Pull Requests.
 
 
 DXA Builder
 -----------
-Current DXA Builder is available in Maven Central, latest DXA Builder is also available as a public snapshot.
+The current DXA Builder is available in Maven Central, and the latest DXA Builder is also available as a public snapshot.
+
+If you have not configured a snapshot repository and don't want to, you may need to install the DXA Builder locally in order to run the SNAPSHOT. 
+
+To install it, run the wrapper script of the `dxa-builder` project: `gradlew(.bat) publishLocal` 
+On Windows, you can also just run `get-started.cmd` script at first run.
 
-You may need DXA Builder to be installed locally to run the SNAPSHOT build if you haven't configured snapshot repository and you don't want to.
-To install it run the wrapper script of `dxa-builder` project: `gradlew(.bat) publishLocal` 
-On Windows you can also just run `get-started.cmd` script at first run.
 
 DD4T support
 ---
-DD4T 2.1 for Java is incorporated into DXA codebase in `dxa-compatible` artifact. You don't need separate dependencies on DD4T if you're migrating to DXA from DD4T.
+DD4T 2.1 for Java is incorporated into the DXA codebase in the `dxa-compatible` artifact. As a result, when migrating from DD4T to DXA, you do not need separate dependencies on DD4T.
+
 
 Snapshots
 ---------
-DXA publishes SNAPSHOT versions to Sonatype. If you want to use them, you have to configure `https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots` as a repository in your Maven settings. Read [this](https://maven.apache.org/settings.html#Repositories) for instructions.
+DXA publishes SNAPSHOT versions to Sonatype. To use them, configure `https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots` as a repository in your Maven settings. Read [this](https://maven.apache.org/settings.html#Repositories) for instructions.
+
 
 License
 -------
-Copyright (c) 2014-2017 SDL Group.
+Copyright (c) 2014-2018 SDL Group.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.