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.. _glossary:

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Glossary
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.. glossary::

  Setuptools
    `Setuptools <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools>`_
    builds on Python's ``distutils`` to provide easier building,
    distribution, and installation of packages.

  Interface
    An attribute of a model object that determines its type.  It is an
    instance of a ``zope.interface`` Interface class.

  Zope
    `The Z Object Publishing Framework <http://zope.org>`_.  The granddaddy 
    of Python web frameworks.

  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.

  pyldap
    The `pyldap <https://github.com/pyldap/pyldap/>`_ library is 
    used to communicate with LDAP servers.