diff --git a/view/README.txt b/view/README.txt
index f113647..5bf71ac 100644
--- a/view/README.txt
+++ b/view/README.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,18 @@ All about Views, Templates, ...
 $Id$
 
 
-Generic Views
-=============
+Basic (Generic) Browser Views
+=============================
+
+
+Generic Views (Obsolete)
+========================
+
+(This was an attempt to develop a really generic view framework base on
+the `PAC <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation-abstraction-control>`_
+patten, that was never used in a real application.
+The cybertools.view.web package is kept because it is directly
+referenced by package-includes entries in live installations.)
 
 OK, there aren't really generic views. Already the first implementation we
 want to look at is a specic one: It is based on Zope Page Templates and
diff --git a/view/browser/__init__.py b/view/browser/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38314f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/browser/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"""
+$Id$
+"""
diff --git a/view/base.py b/view/pac.py
similarity index 91%
rename from view/base.py
rename to view/pac.py
index 62a463e..57e64e6 100644
--- a/view/base.py
+++ b/view/pac.py
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 #
 
 """
-Generic view base class.
+Generic view base class, following the PAC (Presentation Abstraction Control)
+pattern.
+
+Obsolete - do not use any more!
 
 $Id$
 """
diff --git a/view/tests.py b/view/tests.py
index eca47c7..453f41e 100755
--- a/view/tests.py
+++ b/view/tests.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $Id$
 import unittest, doctest
 from zope.testing.doctestunit import DocFileSuite
 
-from cybertools.view.base import View
+from cybertools.view.pac import View
 
 
 class Test(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/view/web/base.py b/view/web/base.py
index ff48839..7f91396 100644
--- a/view/web/base.py
+++ b/view/web/base.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ $Id$
 """
 
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
-from cybertools.view import base
+from cybertools.view import pac
 from cybertools.view.web.zpt.template import Template
 
 
-class View(base.View):
+class View(pac.View):
     """ A generic web-based view - not necessarily HTML-/browser-based.
     """