diff --git a/browser/flash/configure.zcml b/browser/flash/configure.zcml
index 47735d2..1809a80 100644
--- a/browser/flash/configure.zcml
+++ b/browser/flash/configure.zcml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       for="loops.interfaces.ILoopsObject"
       class="loops.browser.flash.flash.FlashView"
       template="flash.pt"
-      permission="zope.ManageContent"
+      permission="loops.xmlrpc.ManageConcepts"
       />
 
   <resource name="loops.swf" file="loops.swf" />
diff --git a/configure.zcml b/configure.zcml
index 7806751..16c3ecf 100644
--- a/configure.zcml
+++ b/configure.zcml
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@
 
   <!-- security definitions -->
 
+  <permission
+      id="loops.xmlrpc.ManageConcepts"
+      title="[xmlrpc-manage-concepts-permission] Manage Concepts"
+      />
+
+  <role
+      id="loops.xmlrpc.ConceptManager"
+      title="[xmlrpc-manage-concepts-role] loops: Concept Manager (XML-RPC)" />
+
+  <grant
+      permission="loops.xmlrpc.ManageConcepts"
+      role="loops.xmlrpc.ConceptManager" />
+
+  <!--<zope:grant
+      permission="loops.xmlrpc.ManageConcepts"
+      role="zope.ContentManager" />-->
+
   <!-- event subscribers -->
 
   <subscriber
diff --git a/xmlrpc/README.txt b/xmlrpc/README.txt
index 2d88572..5ca7b11 100755
--- a/xmlrpc/README.txt
+++ b/xmlrpc/README.txt
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ domain concept (if present, otherwise the top-level type concept):
   >>> xrf = LoopsMethods(loopsRoot, TestRequest())
   >>> startObj = xrf.getStartObject()
   >>> sorted(startObj.keys())
-  ['children', 'description', 'id', 'name', 'options', 'parents', 'resources',
-   'title', 'type', 'typeInterface', 'viewName']
+  ['children', 'description', 'id', 'name', 'parents', 'resources',
+   'title', 'type', 'viewName']
   >>> startObj['id'], startObj['name'], startObj['title'], startObj['type']
   ('1', u'domain', u'Domain', '0')
 
diff --git a/xmlrpc/common.py b/xmlrpc/common.py
index aa6ba22..fe20d18 100644
--- a/xmlrpc/common.py
+++ b/xmlrpc/common.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from zope.lifecycleevent import ObjectCreatedEvent, ObjectModifiedEvent
 from zope.app.publisher.xmlrpc import XMLRPCView
 from zope.app.publisher.xmlrpc import MethodPublisher
 from zope.traversing.api import getName
+from zope.schema.interfaces import ITextLine
 from zope.security.proxy import removeSecurityProxy
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
 
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ class LoopsMethods(MethodPublisher):
         ti = IType(obj).typeInterface
         if ti is not None:
             obj = ti(obj)
+        # TODO: provide conversion if necessary
         setattr(obj, attr, toUnicode(value))
         notify(ObjectModifiedEvent(obj))
         return 'OK'
@@ -147,15 +149,17 @@ def objectAsDict(obj):
     ti = objType.typeInterface
     if ti is not None:
         adapter = ti(obj)
-        for attr in (list(adapter._adapterAttributes) + list(ti)):
+        #for attr in (list(adapter._adapterAttributes) + list(ti)):
+        for attr in list(ti):
             if attr not in ('__parent__', 'context', 'id', 'name',
                             'title', 'description', 'type', 'data'):
                 value = getattr(adapter, attr)
-                # TODO: better selection and conversion
-                if value is None or type(value) in (str, unicode):
+                # TODO: provide conversion and schema information
+                #if value is None or type(value) in (str, unicode):
+                if ITextLine.providedBy(ti[attr]):
                     mapping[attr] = value or u''
-                elif type(value) is list:
-                    mapping[attr] = ' | '.join(value)
+                #elif type(value) is list:
+                #    mapping[attr] = ' | '.join(value)
     return mapping
 
 def formatRelations(rels, useSecond=True):
diff --git a/xmlrpc/configure.zcml b/xmlrpc/configure.zcml
index 3c2f12f..d409a3e 100644
--- a/xmlrpc/configure.zcml
+++ b/xmlrpc/configure.zcml
@@ -5,23 +5,6 @@
    xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/xmlrpc"
    i18n_domain="zope">
 
-  <zope:permission
-      id="loops.xmlrpc.ManageConcepts"
-      title="[xmlrpc-manage-concepts-permission] Manage Concepts"
-      />
-
-  <zope:role
-      id="loops.xmlrpc.ConceptManager"
-      title="[xmlrpc-manage-concepts-role] loops: Concept Manager (XML-RPC)" />
-
-  <zope:grant
-      permission="loops.xmlrpc.ManageConcepts"
-      role="loops.xmlrpc.ConceptManager" />
-
-  <!--<zope:grant
-      permission="loops.xmlrpc.ManageConcepts"
-      role="zope.ContentManager" />-->
-
   <view
       name="xrf"
       for="loops.interfaces.ILoops"