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is typically the physical root object (the object returned by the
application root factory) unless :ref:`vhosting_chapter` is in
use.
+ Lineage
+ An ordered sequence of objects based on a ":term:`location` -aware"
+ context. The lineage of any given :term:`context` is composed of
+ itself, its parent, its parent's parent, and so on. The order of
+ the sequence is context-first, then the parent of the context,
+ then its parent's parent, and so on.