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 ## Welcome
 
-This is the **CaosDB MySQL Backend** repository and a part of the
-CaosDB project.
+This is the **LinkAhead MySQL Backend** repository and a part of the
+LinkAhead project.
 
 ## Setup
 
@@ -18,26 +18,32 @@ Please refer to the [official documentation](https://docs.indiscale.com/caosdb-m
 
 ## Contributing
 
-Thank you very much to all contributers—[past, present](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb/-/blob/dev/HUMANS.md), and prospective ones.
+Thank you very much to all contributers—[past,
+present](https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead/-/blob/main/HUMANS.md), and prospective
+ones.
 
 ### Code of Conduct
 
-By participating, you are expected to uphold our [Code of Conduct](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb/-/blob/dev/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+By participating, you are expected to uphold our [Code of
+Conduct](https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead/-/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
 
 ### How to Contribute
 
-* You found a bug, have a question, or want to request a feature? Please
-[create an issue](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-mysqlbackend/-/issues).
-* You want to contribute code? Please fork the repository and create a merge
-request in GitLab and choose this repository as target. Make sure to select
-"Allow commits from members who can merge the target branch" under Contribution
-when creating the merge request. This allows our team to work with you on your request.
-- If you have a suggestion for the [documentation](https://docs.indiscale.com/caosdb-mysqlbackend/),
-the preferred way is also a merge request as describe above (the documentation resides in `src/doc`).
-However, you can also create an issue for it.
-- You can also contact us at **info (AT) caosdb.de**.
+* You found a bug, have a question, or want to request a feature? Please 
+[create an issue](https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-mariadbbackend/-/issues).
+* You want to contribute code?
+    * **Forking:** Please fork the repository and create a merge request in GitLab and choose this repository as
+      target. Make sure to select "Allow commits from members who can merge the target branch" under
+      Contribution when creating the merge request. This allows our team to work with you on your
+      request.
+    * **Code style:** This project adhers to the PEP8 recommendations, you can test your code style
+      using the `autopep8` tool (`autopep8 -i -r ./`).  Please write your doc strings following the
+      [NumpyDoc](https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/format.html) conventions.
+* You can also  join the LinkAhead community on
+  [#linkahead:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/!unwwlTfOznjEnMMXxf:matrix.org).
 
 ## License
+## License
 
 * Copyright (C) 2018 Research Group Biomedical Physics, Max Planck Institute
   for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen.