projects/dfw/DSPCAD-Framework.md

 # DFW: The DSPCAD Framework
 
-This webpage describes the DSPCAD Framework, which is developed
+This page describes the DSPCAD Framework, which is developed
 in the [Maryland DSPCAD Research
 Group](https://code.umd.edu/dspcad-pub/dspcadwiki/-/wikis/home)
 
 ## Overview
 
 The DSPCAD Framework (DFW) provides a backbone for most of the software
-packages developed in the DSPCAD Group. In particular, most DSPCAD
-Group packages are either base packages, which means they are at the
-core of the framework, or they are plug-ins to base packages.
-
-The based packages of DFW consist of three complementary tools – the Data-flow
-Interchange Format (DIF), LIghtweight Data-flow Environment (LIDE) and DSPCAD
-Integrative Command Line Environment (DICE), which support flexible design
-experimen- tation and orthogonalization across three major dimensions in
+packages developed in the DSPCAD Group. In particular, most DSPCAD Group
+packages are either *base packages* of the framework, which means they are at
+the core of the framework, or they are *plug-ins* to base packages.
+
+The base packages of DFW consist of three complementary tools – the
+Data-flow Interchange Format (DIF), LIghtweight Data-flow Environment (LIDE)
+and DSPCAD Integrative Command Line Environment (DICE), which support flexible
+design experimen- tation and orthogonalization across three major dimensions in
 model-based DSP system design – abstract data-flow models, actor implementation
 languages, and integration with platform-specific design tools, respectively. 
 
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 ## Software Download and Setup
 
-To set up the DFW
+The only required package in DFW is the DSPCAD Integrative Command Line
+Environment (DICE). 
 
 ## E-mail List and Contact for Questions