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 M:  Deepak Kodihalli <dkodihal@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <dkodihal!>
+M:  Santosh Puranik <santosh.puranik.ibm@gmail.com> <puranik!>
+M:  Jinu Joy Thomas <jinujoy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <jthomas7!>
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+#Overview
+This repository hosts code for OpenPower and IBM IPZ format VPD parsers. Both
+OpenPower VPD and IPZ VPD formats are structured binaries that consist of
+records and keywords. A record is a collection of multiple keywords.
+More information about the format can be found [here](https://www-355.ibm.com/systems/power/openpower/posting.xhtml?postingId=1D060729AC96891885257E1B0053BC95).
+
+The repository consists of two distinct applications, which are:
+
+## OpenPower VPD Parser
+This is a build-time YAML driven application that parses the OpenPower VPD
+format and uses the YAML configuration (see extra-properties-example.yaml and
+writefru.yaml) to determine:
+* The supported records and keywords.
+* How VPD data is translated into D-Bus interfaces and properties.
+
+The application instance must be passed in the file path to the VPD (this can,
+for example, be a sysfs path exposed by the EEPROM device driver) and also the
+D-Bus object path(s) that EEPROM data needs to be published under.
+
+## IBM VPD Parser
+This parser is can be built by passing in the `--enable-ibm-parser` configure
+option. This parser differs from the OpenPower VPD parser in the following ways:
+* It parses all the records and keywords from the VPD, including large keywords
+(Keywords that begin with a `#` and are > 255 bytes in length).
+* It relies on a runtime JSON configuration (see examples/inventory.json) to
+determine the D-Bus object path(s) that hold interfaces and properties
+representing the VPD for a given VPD file path.
+
+Making the application runtime JSON driven allows us to support multiple systems
+(with different FRU configurations) to be supported in a single code image as
+well as making the application more flexible for future improvements.
+
+## TODOs and Future Improvements
+ 1. The long-term goal is to completely do away with the build time YAML driven
+configurations and instead reconcile the OpenPower VPD parser and the IBM VPD
+parser applications into a single runtime JSON driven application.
+ 2. Add details to the README on how to configure and build the application.
+ 3. More JSON documentation.
+ 4. Support for more IBM VPD formats.
+ 5. VPD Write and tool documentation.
+