diff --git a/LDP/README b/LDP/README
index e3458d7a..ae566487 100644
--- a/LDP/README
+++ b/LDP/README
@@ -1,33 +1,48 @@
 Welcome to the LDP GIT tree.
 
+Active documents
+----------------
+faq/		frequently asked questions
+  docbook/	faqs in docbook format
+  linuxdoc/	faqs in linuxdoc format
+
+guide/		book-length documents
+  docbook/	guides in docbook format
+  linuxdoc/	guides in linuxdoc format
+
+howto/		linux howtos
+  docbook/	howtos in docbook format
+  linuxdoc/	howtos in linuxdoc format
+
+ref/		quick references
+  docbook/	howtos in docbook format
+
+Tools, support, and miscellany
+------------------------------
+inprogress/	newly submitted (not-yet-active) documents
+unmaintained/	formerly active documents
 builder/	scripts and stylesheets to publish documents to the website
   db2omf/	perl script to extract omf directly from docbook documents
   dsssl/	the ldp sgml stylesheet
   ldp_print/	perl script to generate pdf output from ldp html sources
   xsl/		ldp extensions to norm walsh's docbook xsl stylesheets
-faq/		frequently asked questions
-  docbook/	faqs in docbook format
-  linuxdoc/	faqs in linuxdoc format
-guide/		book-length documents
-  docbook/	guides in docbook format
-  linuxdoc/	guides in linuxdoc format
-howto/		linux howtos
-  docbook/	howtos in docbook format
-    archived/	archived docbook documents
-  linuxdoc/	howtos in linuxdoc format
-    archived/	archived linuxdoc documents
-ldpwn		The new ldp weekly news and archives
-plone		Plone based infrastructure for LDP use
-ref/		quick references
-scrollserver/	python web application server front end to scrollkeeper
-  pub/		packaging script and packaged releases
-  stylesheets/	xsl stylesheets for xml -> html conversion
-  www/		www.scrollserver.org website
-test/		to test your cvs without disturbing things, use this
-texi2db/	utility to convert Texinfo files into docbook
 users/		individual users' areas
-wt2db/		utility to convert WikiText files into docbook
 www/		websites
   linuxdoc.org/	www.linuxdoc.org website
   list./	ldp mailing list archives website
 
+Attic items
+-----------
+retired/	documents permanently removed from active status
+
+defunct/        (directory to contain quite old stuff)
+  ldpwn		The new ldp weekly news and archives
+  plone		Plone based infrastructure for LDP use
+  scrollserver/	python web application server front end to scrollkeeper
+    pub/	packaging script and packaged releases
+    stylesheets/ xsl stylesheets for xml -> html conversion
+    www/	www.scrollserver.org website
+  test/		to test your cvs without disturbing things, use this
+  texi2db/	utility to convert Texinfo files into docbook
+  wt2db/	utility to convert WikiText files into docbook
+