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# Explanations

The following sections provide detailed reasoning of various aspects of Oxibase.
It provides a comprehensive understanding of the system's design and
implementation and the rationale behind its design decisions. It tries to answer
the question "why" behind the design choices made in Oxibase. Most of the
explanations are based on the principles of simplicity, efficiency, and
scalability. 

## Scientific basis

The explanations provide the context of the selected publications and research
papers that have influenced the design of Oxibase. These publications and
research papers are listed through each document but we use
[jekyll-scholar](https://github.com/inukshuk/jekyll-scholar) to generate the
bibliography. You can check the bibliography by clicking on the "References"
button at the bottom of each page or visiting the [bibliography page](/bibliography).
