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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025 Oliver Theimer
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+
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+# BBDD Manipulation package
+
+A C++ library for creating, manipulating, and analyzing **Biconditional Binary Decision Diagrams (BBDDs)**.  
+It provides efficient data structures and algorithms for representing boolean functions in the form of BBDDs, with an intuitive API for integration into projects.
+
+---
+
+## 📂 Project Structure
+
+Below is an overview of the main files and directories:
+
+- `include/` - Public headers  
+  - `bbdd.hpp` - main functionality of merging and extending bbdds
+  - `bbdd_node.hpp` - bbdd node definition, hashing function, dumping node, compare nodes
+  - `bbdd_types.hpp` - bbdd cases, bbdd operations, and pointer sized
+  - `chain_variable_ordering.hpp` - creating and manipulating chain variable ordering
+  - `computed_table.hpp` - merge cache data structure
+  - `extend_table.hpp` - extend cache data structure
+  - `unique_table.hpp` - main storage structure with inserting and deleting functions
+  - `util.hpp` - converting cubes to boolean operation, progress bar 
+
+- `examples/` - Usage demonstrations  
+  - `example_basic.cpp` - TODO
+
+- `CMakeLists.txt` - Build configuration (CMake project setup)
+- `README.md` - This file
+- `LICENSE` - License file
+
+---
+
+## Getting Started
+
+TODO
+
+### Installation requirements
+
+TODO
+
+### Build with CMake
+```bash
+git clone https://phabricator.ict.tuwien.ac.at/source/SoC_BBDD_Library.git
+mkdir build && cd build
+cmake ..
+make
+```
+
+### Example
+
+TODO