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+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,25 +13,30 @@ published written works (mostly journal articles), with a focus on tracking
 the location and status of full-text copies to ensure "perpetual access".
 
 The [RFC](./fatcat-rfc.md) is the original design document, and the best place
-to start for background. There is a work-in-progress "guide" at
+to start for technical background. There is a work-in-progress "guide" at
 <https://guide.fatcat.wiki>; the canonical public location of this repository
 is <https://github.com/internetarchive/fatcat>.
 
+The public production web interface is <https://fatcat.wiki>.
+
+See the `LICENSE` file for detailed permissions and licensing of both python
+and rust code. In short, the auto-generated client libraries are permissively
+released, while the API server and web interface are strong copyleft (AGPLv3).
+
+## Building and Tests
+
 There are three main components:
 
 - backend API server and database (in Rust)
 - API client libraries and bots (in Python)
 - front-end web interface (in Python; built on API and library)
 
-See the LICENSE file for details permissions and licensing of both python and
-rust code. In short, the auto-generated client libraries are permissively
-released, while the API server and web interface are strong copyleft (AGPLv3).
-
-## Building and Tests
-
 Automated integration tests run on Gitlab CI (see `.gitlab-ci.yml`) on the
 Internet Archive's internal (not public) infrastructure.
 
+See `./python/README.md` and `./rust/README.md` for details on building,
+running, and testing these components.
+
 ## Status
 
 - SQL and HTTP API schemas
@@ -44,8 +49,8 @@ Internet Archive's internal (not public) infrastructure.
 - HTTP API Server
     - [x] base32 encoding of UUID identifiers
     - [x] inverse many-to-many helpers (files-by-release, release-by-creator)
-    - [ ] Authentication (eg, accounts, OAuth2, JWT)
-    - [ ] Authorization (aka, roles)
+    - [x] Authentication (eg, accounts, OAuth2, JWT)
+    - [x] Authorization (aka, roles)
 - Web Interface
     - [x] Migrate Python codebase
     - [ ] Creation and editing of all entities
@@ -57,26 +62,3 @@ Internet Archive's internal (not public) infrastructure.
     - [ ] Sentry (error reporting)
     - [ ] Metrics
 
-## Identifiers
-
-Fatcat entity identifiers are 128-bit UUIDs encoded in base32 format. Revision
-ids are also UUIDs, and encoded in normal UUID fashion, to disambiguate from
-edity identifiers.
-
-Python helpers for conversion:
-
-    import base64
-    import uuid
-
-    def fcid2uuid(s):
-        s = s.split('_')[-1].upper().encode('utf-8')
-        assert len(s) == 26
-        raw = base64.b32decode(s + b"======")
-        return str(uuid.UUID(bytes=raw)).lower()
-
-    def uuid2fcid(s):
-        raw = uuid.UUID(s).bytes
-        return base64.b32encode(raw)[:26].lower().decode('utf-8')
-
-    test_uuid = '00000000-0000-0000-3333-000000000001'
-    assert test_uuid == fcid2uuid(uuid2fcid(test_uuid))
diff --git a/notes/fatcat_idents.md b/notes/fatcat_idents.md
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+++ b/notes/fatcat_idents.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+## Identifiers
+
+Fatcat entity identifiers are 128-bit UUIDs encoded in base32 format. Revision
+ids are also UUIDs, and encoded in normal UUID fashion, to disambiguate from
+edity identifiers.
+
+Python helpers for conversion:
+
+    import base64
+    import uuid
+
+    def fcid2uuid(s):
+        s = s.split('_')[-1].upper().encode('utf-8')
+        assert len(s) == 26
+        raw = base64.b32decode(s + b"======")
+        return str(uuid.UUID(bytes=raw)).lower()
+
+    def uuid2fcid(s):
+        raw = uuid.UUID(s).bytes
+        return base64.b32encode(raw)[:26].lower().decode('utf-8')
+
+    test_uuid = '00000000-0000-0000-3333-000000000001'
+    assert test_uuid == fcid2uuid(uuid2fcid(test_uuid))
+