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 Glance
 ======
 
-Glance is a project that defines services for discovering, registering,
-retrieving and storing virtual machine images.
+Glance is a project that provides services and associated libraries
+to store, browse, share, distribute and manage bootable disk images,
+other data closely associated with initializing compute resources,
+and metadata definitions.
 
 Use the following resources to learn more:
 
+API
+---
+
+To learn how to use Glance's API, consult the documentation available
+online at:
+
+* `Image Service APIs <http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/image/>`_
+
+Developers
+----------
+
+For information on how to contribute to Glance, please see the contents
+of the CONTRIBUTING.rst in this repository.
+
+Any new code must follow the development guidelines detailed in the
+HACKING.rst file, and pass all unit tests.
+
+Further developer focused documentation is available at:
+
 * `Official Glance documentation <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/glance/>`_
 * `Official Client documentation <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/python-glanceclient/>`_
+
+Operators
+---------
+
+To learn how to deploy and configure OpenStack Glance, consult the
+documentation available online at:
+
+* `Openstack Glance <http://docs.openstack.org/>`_
+
+In the unfortunate event that bugs are discovered, they should be
+reported to the appropriate bug tracker. You can raise bugs here:
+
+* `Bug Tracker <https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/>`_
+
+Other Information
+-----------------
+
+During each design summit, we agree on what the whole community wants
+to focus on for the upcoming release. You can see image service plans:
+
+* `Image Service Plans <http://specs.openstack.org/openstack/glance-specs/>`_
+
+For more information about the Glance project please see:
+
+* `Glance Project <https://launchpad.net/glance/>`_