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 👉 Go to [homepage](/index.qmd).
 
-![](/_extensions/seedcase-project/seedcase-theme/images/404.svg){fig-alt="An illustration of the number 404 surrounded by trees and mountains"}
+![](/_extensions/seedcase-project/seedcase-theme/images/404.svg){fig-alt="An
+illustration of the number 404 surrounded by trees and mountains"}
 
 ## Illustration by [Storyset](https://storyset.com/online) {.appendix}
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   favicon: "_extensions/seedcase-project/seedcase-theme/logos/seedcase/icon.svg"
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-    ::: {.callout-note appearance="default"}
-    This guide mostly follows the [diátaxis](https://diataxis.fr/how-to-guides/)
-    "how-to guide" style, though not strictly.  It is also a living and
-    constantly evolving guide that is updated as we learn and refine how we work
-    and develop data packages.  We intend to continually update and release it,
-    so we don't intend that it will ever be in a state of "done".
-    :::
   chapters:
     - index.qmd
     - part: "Overview"
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 # Welcome! {.unnumbered}
+
+::: {.content-visible when-format="html"}
+{{< include /includes/_badges.qmd >}}
+:::
+
+::: callout-caution
+These documents are very much a work in progress and very much incomplete. We
+work on it slowly and when we can.
+:::
+
+There are little to no resources available online on how to develop data as a
+package similar to developing software as a package, e.g. [R
+packages](https://r-pkgs.org/), [Python
+packages](https://packaging.python.org/), or [Rust
+packages](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/). There are many resources on how to
+build data warehouses or data lakes/lakehouses, along with many enterprise-level
+tools and platforms to build them. However, these are often overengineered and
+excessively complicated for the needs within science and research. This guide is
+an attempt at providing a practical how-to guide on treating data with a
+"package" mindset. We walk through how to build up data following practices from
+the software package development cycle so that the final "data package" (or
+"data product") is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable
+([FAIR](https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/)) and
+[tidy](https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v059.i10).
+
+::: {.callout-note appearance="default"}
+This guide mostly follows the [diátaxis](https://diataxis.fr/how-to-guides/)
+"how-to guide" style, though not strictly. It is a living and constantly
+evolving guide that is regularly updated as we learn and refine how we work and
+develop data packages. We intend to continually update and release it with
+every update to Zenodo and as GitHub releases. We don't expect this guide to
+ever be considered "done".
+:::
+
+## Who you are
+
+We've written these documents with a few types of people in mind:
+
+- **New contributors/team members**: This is our primary audience for this
+  guide. If you are new to working with us on the Seedcase Project, these
+  documents are designed with you in mind.
+- **Research software/data engineers**: If you work in another organization or
+  group, we write these documents to share our practices with you. You can use
+  this either as a guide or as a reference to help you build your own data
+  packages and learn how we work.
+
+## Contributing
+
+Check out our [contributing document](CONTRIBUTING.md) for information on how to
+contribute to this guide.
+
+::: content-hidden
+<!-- TODO: Unhide after having more contributors -->
+### Contributors
+
+{{< include /includes/_contributors.qmd >}}
+:::
+
+## Changes
+
+Check out our [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for information on what has changed in
+each version of the guide. Previous versions can be found in the
+[releases](https://github.com/seedcase-project/data-pkg-guide/releases) page of
+the GitHub repository.
+
+::: content-hidden
+<!-- TODO: Uncomment after building the PDF and uploading as an artifact -->
+<!-- TODO: Add Zenodo link here once created -->
+The PDF version of the guide is available in the releases page, as well as
+the Zenodo archive.
+:::
+
+## How the website is made
+
+The website and PDF (download link on the top of the website's sidebar) are
+created using [Quarto](https://quarto.org) to write the material and create the
+book format. [GitHub](https://github.com/) hosts the [Git](https://git-scm.com/)
+repository of the material, while [GitHub
+Actions](https://github.com/features/actions) builds and releases the book with
+every change. [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) hosts the website and manages
+the domain. The source material is in the
+[`{{< meta gh.repo >}}`]({{< meta links.github >}}) GitHub repository.