diff --git a/files/clubs.csv b/files/clubs.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b287a46
--- /dev/null
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+3,Long Room Club
+4,Tea Party
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index 0000000..40e4a35
--- /dev/null
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diff --git a/index.rst b/index.rst
index 62e4733..ec38758 100644
--- a/index.rst
+++ b/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Welcome to Multinet
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
+ overview
+ quickstart
multinet
Indices and tables
diff --git a/multinet.rst b/multinet.rst
index aa8b4e1..a7ec9ec 100644
--- a/multinet.rst
+++ b/multinet.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,122 @@
-.. _multinet:
+Using Multinet
+==============
-========
-Multinet
-========
-The Multinet API and web application
+This chapter is all about how to make use of a running Multinet system. Along
+the way, you will also learn how Multinet structures data into tables and
+networks, collected in different workspaces, and how Multinet thinks of
+multivariate data and multivariate networks.
-.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 2
+Getting Started
+---------------
- installation
- testing
+To begin, you will need access to a running Multinet instance (either the
+official instance hosted at https://multinet.app, or a local instance you have
+built and run; see :ref:`quickstart` for help). We will follow some steps to
+illustrate the basic mode of using the system.
+
+**1. Create a Workspace**
+
+Multinet structures all the data it hosts into *workspaces*. A workspace can
+hold several tables of data, as well as several networks assembled from those
+tables. Think of a workspace as a dedicated area for related data to be stored.
+
+In this tutorial sequence we will be recreating the `Paul Revere dataset
+`_
+as a social network connecting the various Revolutionary War figures to the
+social clubs they belonged to.
+
+To create a workspace to hold the materials for this dataset, use the ``NEW
+WORKSPACE`` button appearing near the top of the left sidebar. A dialog box will
+appear asking for the name of the new workspace. Fill this in with ``boston``
+and click on the ``CREATE WORKSPACE`` button. This will create the workspace and
+activate it.
+
+In the main panel, you should see two empty columns, headed by ``Networks`` and
+``Tables`` respectively. These columns will track all of the data that comes to
+live in this workspace.
+
+**2. Upload Node Tables**
+
+Multinet largely thinks of attribute data in tabular terms. That is, Multinet
+can ingest data formatted as (among other thigns) CSV files, storing it as a
+*table* of *rows*, each row containing the same types of attributes in the same
+order. Every node table must have a special attribute called ``_key``, which
+contains a value unique to that row within the table it is part of.
+
+We will begin by uploading separate tables to account for the *people* and
+*clubs* represented in this dataset. First, download :download:`members.csv
+`; this file contains the names of several historical
+figures important during the American Revolution, along with some attributes.
+Next, click on the plus icon to the right of the ``Tables`` column to upload a
+file and create a table. Specify the ``members.csv`` file, note that the system
+autofills in the name of the table to create, and then click the ``CREATE``
+button.
+
+This network contains two *node types*---one to encode the people, and another
+for the clubs they belong to. Multinet recognizes nodes encoded in different
+tables as being of different node types, so download :download:`clubs.csv
+` and upload it to a ``clubs`` table, using the same procedure
+as above.
+
+You should now see both a ``members`` and a ``clubs`` table listed. You can
+click on each of these to see the rows of each table. Return to the workspace
+view by clicking on boston in the top bar.
+
+**3. Upload an Edge Table**
+
+Next we want to specify the topology of this network---that is, the relationship
+between clubs and members as specified by membership. We need a special table
+that encodes these memberships, using special attributes ``_from`` and ``_to``.
+These attributes will always refer to rows from other tables in the workspace,
+using a *node ID*, which is formed by joining the name of the table and the key
+of the row with a slash. For instance, the John Adams row has a key value of
+``7``; its node ID is therefore ``members/7``.
+
+You can think of the rows of such a table as a directed links connecting two of
+the nodes from somewhere in the workspace. To see this in action, download
+:download:`membership.csv `, and upload it as a table.
+Because this table has properly formatted ``_from`` and ``_to`` attributes,
+Multinet recognizes it as an *edge table*. If you click on the newly uploaded
+table, you can explore what the rows look like. Note that while edge tables can
+also have other attributes, this one does not.
+
+**4. Create a Network**
+
+Creating a network in Multinet is a matter of specifying an edge table that
+defines that network's topology and implicitly (via the ``_from`` and ``_to``
+values of its edge table rows, the nodes involved as) its nodes as well. To
+create the Paul Revere network, click on the plus icon to the right of the
+Networks column. When the dialog box appears, click on the ``CREATE`` tab at the
+top, then select the ``membership`` table from the dropdown. Note that Multinet
+already knows which tables are edge tables, due to the presence of ``_from`` and
+``_to`` attributes. Fill in the name of the network with ``boston``, and then
+click on the ``CREATE NETWORK`` button. You should see the new network appear in
+the Networks column.
+
+If you click on the new network, you will be taken to the network view, which
+aggregates various pieces of information about this network, and provides links
+to visualization applications. Note that the main panel displays some
+characeristic information such as the number of nodes and edges, and the drawer
+at the bottom displays information about the node types comprising this network,
+the edge table that provides the connectivity, and a paged view of the nodes
+themselves, identified by their node IDs. Clicking on these items will bring you
+to dedicated views providing specific information; you can return to the network
+view using the browser back button.
+
+**5. Visualize the Network**
+
+Now that the Paul Revere network is known to Multinet, its component data is now
+available via the Multinet API to be consumed by different analysis and
+visualization applications. To demonstrate, we will launch an interactive
+node-link diagram to see what this particular network looks like.
+
+In the network view, note that the right-hand sidebar contains a list of
+external applications it can open. Click on ``Nodelink`` to open the node-link
+diagram in a new tab. This application works by sending REST requests for the
+specified network to the Multinet API server (which is the same server that
+provides the file-browser-like view of the data that we have been learning about
+in the Multinet client). As data about the nodes and links arrives in this
+application, it can construct an interactive visual model of the network as a
+collection of physical nodes connected by physically springlike links. Play with
+the network in this application and explore the various options available in the
+control panel.
diff --git a/overview.rst b/overview.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d205d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overview.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Overview
+========
+
+Welcome to Multinet!
+
+Multinet is a software suite consisting of a web API server, a web client
+application, a TypeScript client library, and a collection of analysis and
+visualization applications that are all designed to work with each other to host
+*multivariate network data* and enable *disovery, analysis, and visualization*
+for them.
+
+Multinet is part of a larger `NSF research project
+`_ led by the
+`Visualization Design Lab `_ at the University of
+Utah, with `Kitware Inc. `_ spearheading software
+development efforts.
+
+What is a Multivariate Network?
+-------------------------------
+
+Networks are an increasingly common and useful way to model many of the
+phenomena in the natural, social, biological, and abstract worlds around us.
+Common examples include social networks connecting individuals through their
+acquaintanceships, neurons in the retina forming sensory-perceptual receiver
+circuits, computers connected to each other comprising both local networks and
+the Internet at large, and networks modeling the probabilistic transmission of
+disease through a community, but there are countless other examples, spread
+throughout many academic and industrial fields.
+
+In general, networks are modeled as a collection of *nodes*, representing
+entities such as people or computers, connected together via *links*
+representing some type of relationship between a subset of pairs of nodes.
+*Multivariate* networks are networks that carry extra data (also known as
+*attributes*) on the nodes and edges. For instance, in a social network, the
+nodes (representing individual people) might each carry data such as *name*,
+*age*, *hometown*, etc. A network representing the retina could have scientific
+measurements or assessments, such as cell types for the nodes, or voltage
+measurements for the links, etc.
+
+The Multinet research project's main goal is to develop data processing,
+analysis, and visualization methods that take into account both the connectivity
+features of networks, and their multivariate data as well. Doing so will unlock
+a lot of the value of network datasets being collected by scientists, policy
+makers, and laypeople alike.
+
+For an overview of the state of the art in visualization techniques for
+multivariate networks, see `Nobre et al.
+`_
+
+The Multinet Software Stack
+---------------------------
+
+The Multinet stack consists of the following components:
+
+- `multinet-server `_, an
+ open-source Flask API server that provides the Multinet API, which we are
+ developing as part of this project
+
+- `mutlinet-client `_, an
+ open-source web application, using VueJS and Vuetify to present an easy to use
+ interface to the Multinet API, including access to stored data, and ways to
+ launch intensive visualization and analysis applications
+
+- visualization applications, including `view-nodelink
+ `_, an interactive node-link diagram that
+ also displays node attributes in various forms, and `view-adjmatrix
+ `_, an interactive adjacency
+ matrix that also supports attribute display
+
+- `ArangoDB `_, a third-party open-source graph
+ database system that Multinet uses to store data and perform queries
+
+You can see how the client works by going to https://multinet.app and giving it
+a try. To build your own development environment, either to host your own data
+locally, or to work on the codebases, see :ref:`quickstart`.
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+.. _quickstart:
+
+Quick Start
+===========
+
+The easiest way to get started with Multinet is to go to https://multinet.app,
+and begin experimenting.
+
+To build a local development environment, you will need to *install
+dependencies*, *launch a database*, *build and run the server*, and *build and
+run the client*. Follow these steps:
+
+Install Dependencies
+--------------------
+
+These projects are built using the following tools; ensure that you have them
+installed:
+
+- Docker
+- Python 3.7
+- Pipenv
+- Node
+- Yarn
+
+Build and Run ``multinet-server``
+---------------------------------
+
+1. Clone the repository: ``git clone https://github.com/multinet-app/multinet-server``.
+2. Move into the repository: ``cd multinet-server``.
+3. Copy the ``.env.default`` file: ``cp .env.default .env`` (or symlink it: ``ln
+ -s .env.default .env``).
+4. Install the Python dependencies: ``pipenv install``.
+5. Run the server application in dev mode: ``pipenv run serve``.
+6. Point your web browser to http://localhost:5000 to ensure that the server is
+ working.
+
+Launch ArangoDB
+---------------
+
+1. Move into the server repository: ``cd multinet-server``.
+2. Run the docker container for ArangoDB: ``docker-compose up``. (On Macs, you
+ may need to use an alternate command: ``ARANGO_DATA=~/.local/multinet/arango
+ docker-compose up``.)
+
+Build and Run ``multinet-client``
+---------------------------------
+
+1. Clone the repository: ``git clone https://github.com/multinet-app/multinet-client``.
+2. Move into the repository: ``cd multinet-client``.
+3. Install the project dependencies: ``yarn install``.
+4. Serve the application in dev mode: ``yarn serve``.
+5. Point your web browser to http://localhost:8080 to see the client running.
+
+At this point, you should have a working development build of Multinet. See the
+rest of this documentation for details on how Multinet works, and how to develop
+with Multinet. If you have questions, contact us at multinet@kitware.com, or
+file a report on the `issue tracker
+`_.