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+These notes are for the EDITORS of pain
+
+This project was created using the [ontology development kit](https://github.com/INCATools/ontology-development-kit). See the site for details.
+
+For more details on ontology management, please see the [OBO tutorial](https://github.com/jamesaoverton/obo-tutorial) or the [Gene Ontology Editors Tutorial](https://go-protege-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
+
+You may also want to read the [GO ontology editors guide](http://go-ontology.readthedocs.org/)
+
+## Requirements
+
+ 1. Protege (for editing)
+ 2. A git client (we assume command line git)
+ 3. [docker](https://www.docker.com/get-docker) (for managing releases)
+
+## Editors Version
+
+Make sure you have an ID range in the [idranges file](neio-idranges.owl)
+
+If you do not have one, get one from the maintainer of this repo.
+
+The editors version is [neio-edit.owl](neio-edit.owl)
+
+** DO NOT EDIT neio.obo OR neio.owl in the top level directory **
+
+[../../neio.owl](../../neio.owl) is the release version
+
+To edit, open the file in Protege. First make sure you have the repository cloned, see [the GitHub project](https://github.com/uflcod/neural-electronic-interface-ontology) for details.
+
+You should discuss the git workflow you should use with the maintainer
+of this repo, who should document it here. If you are the maintainer,
+you can contact the odk developers for assistance. You may want to
+copy the flow an existing project, for example GO: [Gene Ontology
+Editors Tutorial](https://go-protege-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
+
+In general, it is bad practice to commit changes to main. It is
+better to make changes on a branch, and make Pull Requests.
+
+## ID Ranges
+
+These are stored in the file
+
+ * [neio-idranges.owl](neio-idranges.owl)
+
+** ONLY USE IDs WITHIN YOUR RANGE!! **
+
+If you have only just set up this repository, modify the idranges file
+	and add yourself or other editors. Note Protege does not read the file
+- it is up to you to ensure correct Protege configuration.
+
+
+### Setting ID ranges in Protege
+
+We aim to put this up on the technical docs for OBO on http://obofoundry.org/
+
+For now, consult the [GO Tutorial on configuring Protege](http://go-protege-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Entities.html#new-entities)
+
+## Imports
+
+All import modules are in the [imports/](imports/) folder.
+
+There are two ways to include new classes in an import module
+
+ 1. Reference an external ontology class in the edit ontology. In Protege: "add new entity", then paste in the PURL
+ 2. Add to the imports/ont_terms.txt file, for example imports/go_terms.txt
+
+After doing this, you can run
+
+`./run.sh make all_imports`
+
+to regenerate imports.
+
+Note: the ont_terms.txt file may include 'starter' classes seeded from
+the ontology starter kit. It is safe to remove these.
+
+## Release Manager notes
+
+You should only attempt to make a release AFTER the edit version is
+committed and pushed, AND the travis build passes.
+
+These instructions assume you have
+[docker](https://www.docker.com/get-docker). This folder has a script
+[run.sh](run.sh) that wraps docker commands.
+
+to release:
+
+first type
+
+    git branch
+
+to make sure you are on main
+
+    cd src/ontology
+    sh run.sh make all
+
+If this looks good type:
+
+    sh run.sh make prepare_release
+
+This generates derived files such as neio.owl and neio.obo and places
+them in the top level (../..).
+
+Note that the versionIRI value automatically will be added, and will
+end with YYYY-MM-DD, as per OBO guidelines.
+
+Commit and push these files.
+
+    git commit -a
+
+And type a brief description of the release in the editor window
+
+Finally type:
+
+    git push origin main
+
+IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS (do *not* make further modifications) go here:
+
+ * https://github.com/uflcod/neural-electronic-interface-ontology/releases
+ * https://github.com/uflcod/neural-electronic-interface-ontology/releases/new
+
+__IMPORTANT__: The value of the "Tag version" field MUST be
+
+    vYYYY-MM-DD
+
+The initial lowercase "v" is REQUIRED. The YYYY-MM-DD *must* match
+what is in the `owl:versionIRI` of the derived neio.owl (`data-version` in
+neio.obo). This will be today's date.
+
+This cannot be changed after the fact, be sure to get this right!
+
+Release title should be YYYY-MM-DD, optionally followed by a title (e.g. "january release")
+
+You can also add release notes (this can also be done after the fact). These are in markdown format.
+In future we will have better tools for auto-generating release notes.
+
+Then click "publish release"
+
+__IMPORTANT__: NO MORE THAN ONE RELEASE PER DAY.
+
+The PURLs are already configured to pull from github. This means that
+BOTH ontology purls and versioned ontology purls will resolve to the
+correct ontologies. Try it!
+
+ * https://w3id.org/neural-electronic-interface-ontology/neio.owl <-- current ontology PURL
+ * https://w3id.org/neural-electronic-interface-ontology/neio/releases/YYYY-MM-DD.owl <-- change to the release you just made