diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c3ad1b..3c08a38 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ name = "py-scopes"
 version = "3.0.1"
 description = "Implementation of the unknown 'scopes' paradigm in Python"
 readme = "README.md"
-license = {text = "MIT"}
+license = "MIT"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 keywords = ["scopes"]
 authors = [{name = "Helmut Merz", email = "helmutm@cy55.de"}]
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ postgres = [
 	"transaction",
 	"zope.sqlalchemy",
 ]
-app = [		# TODO: rename to zope
+zope = [
 	"python-dotenv", 
 	"waitress",
 	"zope.authentication",
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ app = [		# TODO: rename to zope
 	"zope.traversing",
 ]
 api = ["fastapi[standard]"]
-auth = ["pyjwt[crypto]", "cryptography", "requests"]
-test = ["zope.testrunner"]		# TODO: rename to zopetest, or merge with apitest
+auth = ["authlib", "pyjwt[crypto]", "cryptography", "requests"]
+zopetest = ["zope.testrunner"]
 apitest = ["pytest", "httpx2"]
 
 [tool.setuptools]
diff --git a/scopes/api/auth/user.py b/scopes/api/auth/user.py
index 989eedc..597636f 100644
--- a/scopes/api/auth/user.py
+++ b/scopes/api/auth/user.py
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ router = APIRouter()
 @router.get('/users', response_model=list[User])
 async def get_users(storage: deps.Storage):
     users = storage.create(st_user.Users)
-    result = [tr.toModel(User) for tr in users.query()]
+    result = [tr.toObject(User) for tr in users.query()]
     return result
 
diff --git a/scopes/shape.py b/scopes/shape.py
index cf60c52..0c66295 100644
--- a/scopes/shape.py
+++ b/scopes/shape.py
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ class Record:
     def __repr__(self):
         return f'<{self.__class__.__name__}: {self.headValues}, {self.data}>'
 
-    def asDict(self):
+    def asDict(self, flatten=False):
+        if flatten:
+            return self.head | self.data
         return dict(head=self.head, data=self.data)
 
+    def toObject(self, cls):
+        return cls(**self.asDict(flatten=True))
 
diff --git a/scopes/storage/tracking.py b/scopes/storage/tracking.py
index 07852bd..544df9c 100644
--- a/scopes/storage/tracking.py
+++ b/scopes/storage/tracking.py
@@ -25,16 +25,12 @@ class Record(shape.Record):
         self.trackId = trackId
         self.container = container
 
-    def asDict(self):
-        return dict(uid=self.uid, head=self.head, data=self.data, 
-                    timeStamp=str(self.timeStamp)[:19])
-
-    def toModel(self, cls):
-        data = dict(uid=self.uid)
-        data.update(self.head)
-        for k, v in self.data.items():
-            data[k] = v
-        return cls(**data)
+    def asDict(self, flatten=False):
+        ts = str(self.timeStamp)[:19]
+        base = dict(uid=self.uid, timeStamp=ts)
+        if flatten:
+            return base | self.head | self.data
+        return base | super().asDict()
 
     @property
     def uid(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 697cd53..de8f298 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ def test_message():
     assert msg.head['class'] is k.person
     assert msg.addr() == (k.test, k.person, '4711')
     assert msg.categ() == (k.test, k.person)
+    assert msg.asDict() == {'head': {'domain': k.test, 'action': k.data, 
+                                     'class': k.person, 'item': '4711'},
+                            'data': {'firstName': 'Bob', 'lastName': 'Miller'}}
+    assert msg.asDict(flatten=True) == {
+            'domain': k.test, 'action': k.data, 'class': k.person, 'item': '4711',
+            'firstName': 'Bob', 'lastName': 'Miller'}
 
 
 @pytest.fixture