Add description

README.md

@@ -9,4 +9,48 @@ tags:
 pretty_name: Case Definitions in JSON, TXT, and PDF
 size_categories:
 - n<1K
----
+---
+
+# Open Syndrome Dataset
+
+> The first dataset of case definitions in both human- and machine-readable formats.
+
+It comprises 40 case definitions from various public health threats, countries, and health organizations.
+
+Read more about the Open Syndrome Definition (machine-readable format) [here](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25434).
+
+## How is the dataset organised?
+
+The file names follow the pattern `<public-health-threat>_<provenance-or-organization>`.
+
+In the **human-readable folder**, in the PDF folder, you will find the original PDFs collected during the initial phase.
+These PDFs may contain multiple case definitions, depending on the organization.
+The TXT folder contains the text used for the case definition in question.
+
+In the **machine-readable folder**, you will find the case definition in the Open Syndrome Definition format
+in the JSON folder.
+
+```
+.
+├── human_readable
+│   ├── pdf
+└── ├──txt
+└── machine_readable
+    └── json
+```
+
+## Citing & Authors
+
+If you find this repository helpful, feel free to cite our publication: The Open Syndrome Definition
+
+```
+@misc{ferreira2025opensyndromedefinition,
+      title={The Open Syndrome Definition},
+      author={Ana Paula Gomes Ferreira and Aleksandar Anžel and Izabel Oliva Marcilio de Souza and Helen Hughes and Alex J Elliot and Jude Dzevela Kong and Madlen Schranz and Alexander Ullrich and Georges Hattab},
+      year={2025},
+      eprint={2509.25434},
+      archivePrefix={arXiv},
+      primaryClass={cs.AI},
+      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25434},
+}
+```