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-# iD - friendly JavaScript editor for OpenStreetMap
+# iD - friendly JavaScript editor for [OpenStreetMap](http://www.openstreetmap.org/)
+
+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/systemed/iD.png)](https://travis-ci.org/systemed/iD)
 
 [![](https://raw.github.com/systemed/iD/master/screenshot.jpg)](http://geowiki.com/iD/)
 
-[Try the online demo of the most recent code.](http://geowiki.com/iD/)
+[Try the online demo of the most recent code.](http://geowiki.com/iD/) and
+[open issues for bugs and ideas!](https://github.com/systemed/iD/issues)
 
 ## Basics
 
-* iD is a JavaScript-based [OpenStreetMap](http://www.openstreetmap.org/) editor.
-* It's intentionally simple. This is not a 90% editor -
-  not even a 70% editor. It should let you do the most basic tasks while
-  not breaking other people's data. Nothing more. (Same goes for the code,
-  so go easy on the abstraction. :) )
-* We're aiming to support modern desktop browsers and mobile browsers. The map
-  rendering uses [SVG](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics) via
-  [d3](http://d3js.org/).
+* iD is a JavaScript [OpenStreetMap](http://www.openstreetmap.org/) editor.
+* It's intentionally simple. It lets you do the most basic tasks while
+  not breaking other people's data.
+* We support modern browsers. Data is rendered with [d3](http://d3js.org/).
 
-## Architecture
-
-* iD uses [d3](http://d3js.org/) for graphics & managing databindings to the
-  map. There's a tiny tiled-map core, but the majority of the action is in
-  dynamic rendering of the editable map data.
-* This project aims to create a usable object model of [OpenStreetMap data](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tags)
-  in Javascript that can be transformed by actions and serialized back into
-  [changesets](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Changeset)
-
-## Getting started
+## Participate!
 
+* [Read NOTES.md, our ongoing dev journal](https://github.com/systemed/iD/blob/master/NOTES.md)
 * Fork this project. We eagerly accept pull requests.
 * See [open issues in the issue tracker if you're looking for something to do](https://github.com/systemed/iD/issues?state=open)
-* All the code is in js/iD.
 
 To run the code locally, just fork this project and run it from a local webserver.
 With a Mac, you can enable Web Sharing and drop this in your website directory.
@@ -37,38 +27,7 @@ If you have Python handy, just `cd` into `iD` and run
 
      python -m SimpleHTTPServer
 
-## How it works
-
-The code inherits many elements from the [Potlatch 2](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potlatch_2)
-and [JOSM](http://josm.openstreetmap.de/) editors.
-
-We store technical notes in [NOTES.md](https://github.com/systemed/iD/blob/master/NOTES.md). The
-basic architecture is as follows:
-
-* Map: vector rendering, panning behaviors & zoom/center state
-* Tiles: receives map centers & draw tiles as a background for iD
-* Connection: requests `/map` data from osm, parses this data and delivers it to the Graph
-* Graph: stores a javascript object of `id -> osm object`
-* History: stores multiple graphs which represent undo states
-
-Relationships:
-
-* Map has-a Tiles
-* Map has-a Connection
-* Map has-a History
-* History has-many Graphs
-
-## Coding tips
-
-This project has a few basic guidelines for incoming code. The cardinal rules are:
-
-1. Soft tabs only
-2. Everything should pass [jshint](http://www.jshint.com/) without warning
-3. Never write bugs
-
-(you can write bugs). If you need a style guide, [AirBNB has a decent one.](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript)
-
-Come on in, the water's lovely. More help? Ping RichardF or tmcw on IRC
+Come on in, the water's lovely. More help? Ping RichardF, tmcw, or jfire on IRC
 (`irc.oftc.net`, in `#osm-dev` or `#osm`), on the OSM mailing lists or at
 richard@systemeD.net.