diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be7e8ce6..fc65ceb0 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Possible breaking changes:
 
 * State only stores backend (name) and dataset url (in url field) rather than entire dataset object
 * Backends heavily reorganized
+* Rename Document -> Record
+* Rename DataExplorer view to MultiView
 
 ### v0.4 - April 26th 2012
 
diff --git a/app/index.html b/app/index.html
index d38b71b2..39e65a98 100644
--- a/app/index.html
+++ b/app/index.html
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
   <!-- recline library -->
   <!-- in normal use would just the single recline.js library file. However, for testing it
   is easier to reference individual files. See built.html for example using just recline.js -->
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/util.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/costco.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/model.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/backend/base.js"></script>
diff --git a/app/js/app.js b/app/js/app.js
index 7de2ee58..fb8d375e 100755
--- a/app/js/app.js
+++ b/app/js/app.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var ExplorerApp = Backbone.View.extend({
     this.router.route(/explorer/, 'explorer', this.viewExplorer);
     Backbone.history.start();
 
-    var state = recline.Util.parseQueryString(decodeURIComponent(window.location.search));
+    var state = recline.View.parseQueryString(decodeURIComponent(window.location.search));
     if (state) {
       _.each(state, function(value, key) {
         try {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var ExplorerApp = Backbone.View.extend({
   },
 
   makePermaLink: function(state) {
-    var qs = recline.Util.composeQueryString(state.toJSON());
+    var qs = recline.View.composeQueryString(state.toJSON());
     return window.location.origin + window.location.pathname + qs;
   },
 
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dbba7b0e..00000000
--- a/src/util.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*jshint multistr:true */
-
-this.recline = this.recline || {};
-this.recline.Util = this.recline.Util || {};
-
-(function(my) {
-// ## Miscellaneous Utilities
-
-var urlPathRegex = /^([^?]+)(\?.*)?/;
-
-// Parse the Hash section of a URL into path and query string
-my.parseHashUrl = function(hashUrl) {
-  var parsed = urlPathRegex.exec(hashUrl);
-  if (parsed === null) {
-    return {};
-  } else {
-    return {
-      path: parsed[1],
-      query: parsed[2] || ''
-    };
-  }
-};
-
-// Parse a URL query string (?xyz=abc...) into a dictionary.
-my.parseQueryString = function(q) {
-  if (!q) {
-    return {};
-  }
-  var urlParams = {},
-    e, d = function (s) {
-      return unescape(s.replace(/\+/g, " "));
-    },
-    r = /([^&=]+)=?([^&]*)/g;
-
-  if (q && q.length && q[0] === '?') {
-    q = q.slice(1);
-  }
-  while (e = r.exec(q)) {
-    // TODO: have values be array as query string allow repetition of keys
-    urlParams[d(e[1])] = d(e[2]);
-  }
-  return urlParams;
-};
-
-// Parse the query string out of the URL hash
-my.parseHashQueryString = function() {
-  q = my.parseHashUrl(window.location.hash).query;
-  return my.parseQueryString(q);
-};
-
-// Compse a Query String
-my.composeQueryString = function(queryParams) {
-  var queryString = '?';
-  var items = [];
-  $.each(queryParams, function(key, value) {
-    if (typeof(value) === 'object') {
-      value = JSON.stringify(value);
-    }
-    items.push(key + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value));
-  });
-  queryString += items.join('&');
-  return queryString;
-};
-
-my.getNewHashForQueryString = function(queryParams) {
-  var queryPart = my.composeQueryString(queryParams);
-  if (window.location.hash) {
-    // slice(1) to remove # at start
-    return window.location.hash.split('?')[0].slice(1) + queryPart;
-  } else {
-    return queryPart;
-  }
-};
-
-my.setHashQueryString = function(queryParams) {
-  window.location.hash = my.getNewHashForQueryString(queryParams);
-};
-})(this.recline.Util);
-
diff --git a/src/view.multiview.js b/src/view.multiview.js
index 7f818a91..56eb8b69 100644
--- a/src/view.multiview.js
+++ b/src/view.multiview.js
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ my.MultiView = Backbone.View.extend({
   _setupState: function(initialState) {
     var self = this;
     // get data from the query string / hash url plus some defaults
-    var qs = recline.Util.parseHashQueryString();
+    var qs = my.parseHashQueryString();
     var query = qs.reclineQuery;
     query = query ? JSON.parse(query) : self.model.queryState.toJSON();
     // backwards compatability (now named view-graph but was named graph)
@@ -372,5 +372,77 @@ my.MultiView.restore = function(state) {
   return explorer;
 }
 
+
+// ## Miscellaneous Utilities
+var urlPathRegex = /^([^?]+)(\?.*)?/;
+
+// Parse the Hash section of a URL into path and query string
+my.parseHashUrl = function(hashUrl) {
+  var parsed = urlPathRegex.exec(hashUrl);
+  if (parsed === null) {
+    return {};
+  } else {
+    return {
+      path: parsed[1],
+      query: parsed[2] || ''
+    };
+  }
+};
+
+// Parse a URL query string (?xyz=abc...) into a dictionary.
+my.parseQueryString = function(q) {
+  if (!q) {
+    return {};
+  }
+  var urlParams = {},
+    e, d = function (s) {
+      return unescape(s.replace(/\+/g, " "));
+    },
+    r = /([^&=]+)=?([^&]*)/g;
+
+  if (q && q.length && q[0] === '?') {
+    q = q.slice(1);
+  }
+  while (e = r.exec(q)) {
+    // TODO: have values be array as query string allow repetition of keys
+    urlParams[d(e[1])] = d(e[2]);
+  }
+  return urlParams;
+};
+
+// Parse the query string out of the URL hash
+my.parseHashQueryString = function() {
+  q = my.parseHashUrl(window.location.hash).query;
+  return my.parseQueryString(q);
+};
+
+// Compse a Query String
+my.composeQueryString = function(queryParams) {
+  var queryString = '?';
+  var items = [];
+  $.each(queryParams, function(key, value) {
+    if (typeof(value) === 'object') {
+      value = JSON.stringify(value);
+    }
+    items.push(key + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value));
+  });
+  queryString += items.join('&');
+  return queryString;
+};
+
+my.getNewHashForQueryString = function(queryParams) {
+  var queryPart = my.composeQueryString(queryParams);
+  if (window.location.hash) {
+    // slice(1) to remove # at start
+    return window.location.hash.split('?')[0].slice(1) + queryPart;
+  } else {
+    return queryPart;
+  }
+};
+
+my.setHashQueryString = function(queryParams) {
+  window.location.hash = my.getNewHashForQueryString(queryParams);
+};
+
 })(jQuery, recline.View);
 
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index b38518d8..cacc7319 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
   <script type="text/javascript" src="base.js"></script>
 
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/util.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/model.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/backend/base.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/backend/memory.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/util.test.js b/test/util.test.js
index c4d7f930..6490d6dd 100644
--- a/test/util.test.js
+++ b/test/util.test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 module("Util");
 
 test('parseHashUrl', function () {
-  var out = recline.Util.parseHashUrl('graph?x=y');
+  var out = recline.View.parseHashUrl('graph?x=y');
   equal(out.path, 'graph');
   equal(out.query, '?x=y');
   var out = recline.Util.parseHashUrl('graph');
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test('composeQueryString', function () {
     x: 'y',
     a: 'b'
   };
-  var out = recline.Util.composeQueryString(params);
+  var out = recline.View.composeQueryString(params);
   equal(out, '?x=y&a=b');
 });