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+++ b/README
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@
   like a software system. Both, hosts and services, may reference a list of
   attributes which represent further information about the respective host or
   service object. For example, attributes may specify static information like
-  a host's architecture or the software version or reference performance data
-  like the current memory utilization or much more.
+  a host's architecture or the software version. A host may also reference a
+  list of metrics which are references to performance data stored about the
+  host. SysDB supports querying the respective time-series from a backend's
+  data store.
 
   SysDB is free and open source software, licensed under the 2-clause BSD
   license. See COPYING for details. Changes between all SysDB releases can be
   found in the file ReleaseNotes.
 
-  <http://sysdb.io/>
+  <https://sysdb.io/>
 
 Configure and install SysDB
 ---------------------------
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ Prerequisites
 
   To compile the SysDB package from source you need:
 
-  * A build environment: autotools, libtool, C compiler, ...
+  * A build environment: autotools, libtool, C and C++ compilers, ...
 
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
@@ -85,10 +87,22 @@ Prerequisites
 
   * libdbi:
     The database independent abstraction layer is used for database access by
-    the puppet::store-configs plugin.
+    the backend::puppet::store-configs plugin.
 
     <http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/>
 
+  * libfacter:
+    The cfacter library for gathering facts about a system is used by the
+    backend::facter plugin to retrieve attributes about the local system.
+
+    <https://github.com/puppetlabs/cfacter>
+
+  * librrd:
+    The RRDtool library is used by the timeseries::rrdtool plugin to retrieve
+    time-series from RRD files.
+
+    <https://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/>
+
 Testing
 -------
 
@@ -116,13 +130,13 @@ Documentation
 
   All documentation for SysDB is available as manual pages (in roff and HTML
   formats) and shipped alongside the source code in the doc/ subdirectory.
-  Also, it is available online at <http://sysdb.io/documentation/>.
+  Also, it is available online at <https://sysdb.io/documentation/>.
 
 Getting Help
 ------------
 
   Various channels for asynchronous and real-time communication with
-  developers and users are available. See <http://sysdb.io/contact/> for
+  developers and users are available. See <https://sysdb.io/contact/> for
   details about the mailing list, IRC channel, and social media.
 
 Author
@@ -132,5 +146,5 @@ Author
 
   See the file THANKS for credits and inspiration.
 
-  Want to contribute? Check out the website <http://sysdb.io> for details.
+  Want to contribute? Check out the website <https://sysdb.io> for details.