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+Mayan
+=============
+
+Django based document manager with custom metadata indexing and file serving integration.
+ 
+![screenshot](http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4893/screenshot3qo.png)
+
+
+Features
+---
+
+* User defined metadata fields
+* Dynamic default values for metadata
+* Lookup support for metadata
+* Filesystem integration by means of metadata indexing directories
+* Used defined document uuid generation
+* Local file or server side staging file uploads
+* Batch upload many documents with the same metadata
+* User defined document checksum algorithm
+
+
+Requirements
+---
+
+* Django - A high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
+* django-pagination
+
+Or execute pip install -r requirements/production.txt to install the dependencies automatically.
+
+
+Author
+------
+
+Roberto Rosario - [Twitter](http://twitter.com/#siloraptor) [E-mail](roberto.rosario.gonzalez at gmail)
+