updated readme

README.md

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-dataset_info:
-  features:
-  - name: image
-    dtype: string
-  - name: bounding_boxes
-    sequence:
-      sequence: int32
-  - name: transcriptions
-    sequence: string
-  splits:
-  - name: train
-    num_bytes: 17737371
-    num_examples: 3006
-  download_size: 8546225
-  dataset_size: 17737371
-configs:
-- config_name: default
-  data_files:
-  - split: train
-    path: data/train-*
-language:
-- la
----
+---
+dataset_info:
+  features:
+  - name: image
+    dtype: string
+  - name: bounding_boxes
+    sequence:
+      sequence: int32
+  - name: transcriptions
+    sequence: string
+  splits:
+  - name: train
+    num_bytes: 17737371
+    num_examples: 3006
+  download_size: 8546225
+  dataset_size: 17737371
+configs:
+- config_name: default
+  data_files:
+  - split: train
+    path: data/train-*
+language:
+- la
+---
+
+
+### Guiding Principles of this Dataset 
+
+#### Segmentation
+
+* The goal is here to segment the "main text" while ignoring paratext. This means page numbers, catch words, marginal annotations, are purposefully not segmented
+
+#### Transcription
+
+* The guiding transcription principles are to
+  * expand abbreviations
+  * preserve orthography
+
+