Refine project description and architecture section in README.md for clarity and detail

README.md

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Private Health
 
-This project aims to create the necessary building blocks in order to allow collect and analyze one's personal health data in a privacy-oriented manner. Instead of closed-source apps and dubious clouds, it should use a FLOSS stack.
+This project aims to create the necessary building blocks to collect, aggregate, and analyze one's personal health data while maintaining data sovereignty. Instead of closed-source apps and dubious clouds, it should use a FLOSS stack.
 
 
 ## Architecture
 
-This architecture leans on proven, reusable components wherever possible.
+1. Start with what already works. Projects like Gadgetbridge or OpenScale have lively communities and cover a lot of ground. Lean on them whenever possible instead of reinventing the collector layer.
-Refer to the diagram below for an overview: it highlights mature apps in green, partially solved areas in orange, and gaps that require mostly new development in red.
+2. When a FLOSS bridge is missing, accept a constrained compromise—HealthConnect or a similar on-device broker—so long as it keeps data encrypted locally and gives us clear levers for sync frequency, retention, and audit logs.
+3. Only build bespoke pieces (Nextcloud health app, dashboards, data science notebooks) where there is a genuine capability gap or user story that no existing FLOSS project covers.
 
-At the moment, the [HealthConnect API](https://developer.android.com/health-and-fitness/health-connect) is remains a pragmatic choice for integration and synchronisation.
+The diagram below mirrors that hierarchy: green blocks are “ready to plug in,” orange blocks still need shaping or configuration, and red blocks mark the blank canvas where we design from scratch. In day-to-day terms, that means we can already sync scales or fitness trackers with minimal effort, but we must design a trustworthy Nextcloud app, decide how dashboards surface trends, and write glue that keeps everything coherent.
-It lives on the user’s phone, encrypts data, and speaks schemas for dozens of vendors. That buys time for a gentle migration: you can keep your current wearable, pull data into a local store, and steadily replace proprietary parts as FLOSS apps/adapters mature.
 
-However, alternative solutions to the HealthConnect API are more than welcome.
+HealthConnect remains the pragmatic bridge for now. It lives on the user’s phone, encrypts data, and speaks schemas for dozens of vendors. That buys time for a gentle migration: you can keep your current wearable, pull data into a local store, and steadily replace proprietary parts as FLOSS collectors mature. We should still document a path away from HealthConnect by pairing it with community-built collectors or writing our own bridge once the ecosystem catches up. Any alternative proposal should show the same benefits—broad device coverage, schema richness, and user-controlled sync rules.
 
 ```mermaid
 flowchart LR
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ flowchart LR
   --> gb_sync
   --> hc
 
-  hc --> nha["Nextcloud (health) app"]
+  hc --> ldc["Life Dashboard<br>Companion"]
+  --> bridge["Bridge / Adapter<br>(auth translation +<br>schema mapping)"]
+  --> health3["Nextcloud Health v3<br>(weight, steps, activity,<br>blood pressure)"]
 
-  nha --> nc
+  health3 -.->|feature request| gap["muscle mass, body water<br>(not yet supported)"]
+
+  health3 --> nc
 
   nc --> cA["Web UI<br>(Dashboard, statistics)"]
   nc --> cB["mobile devices"]
@@ -51,7 +55,6 @@ flowchart LR
   classDef yellow fill:#e6e22e,stroke:#333;
   classDef orange fill:#e09c3b,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;
   classDef red fill:#e64747,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;
-  class A,B,gb,hc green;
+  class A,B,gb,hc,ldc,health3 green;
-  class bpm_app,gb_sync,cA,nc orange;
+  class bpm_app,gb_sync,cA,nc,bridge,gap orange;
-  class nha red;
 ```