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.. _glossary:
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Glossary
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.. glossary::
Active Directory
A non-standards-conformant LDAP server implementation sold by
Microsoft.
Interface
An attribute of a model object that determines its type. It is an
instance of a ``zope.interface`` Interface class.
PluggableAuthService
A pluggable Zope 2 authentication and authorization framework
that defines a modular user folder for Zope 2 and Plone.
python-ldap
The `python-ldap <http://python-ldap.sourceforge.net>`_ library is
used to communicate with LDAP servers.
Setuptools
`Setuptools <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools>`_
builds on Python's ``distutils`` to provide easier building,
distribution, and installation of packages.
Virtualenv
An isolated Python environment. Allows you to control which
packages are used on a particular project by cloning your main
Python. `virtualenv <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv>`_
was created by Ian Bicking.
ZCML
XML-based configuration language used by Zope.
ZMI
Zope offers the ZMI (Zope Managment Interface) for managing your
Zope site through a browser. You can get to it by going to the
path ``/manage`` in your Zope site and logging in with credentials
for a user with role ``Manager``.
Zope
`The Z Object Publishing Framework <http://zope.org>`_. The granddaddy
of Python web frameworks.
ZODB
The `ZODB <http://www.zodb.org>`_ is the object database included in
Zope.