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 # Extended Queries (EQs): Integrating Connection Search within Graph Queries
 
-This repository includes: 
+This repository contains the code for processing extended queries (EQs). It has the implementation for the EQ execution algorithms proposed in "_Integrating Connecting Search in Graph Queries_", ICDE 2023. We provide the following: 
 
   1. The executable jar file `eql.jar`.