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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index 27326f539..385cc7f24 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -147,7 +147,15 @@ Glossary WSGI `Web Server Gateway Interface <http://wsgi.org/>`_. This is a Python standard for connecting web applications to web servers, - similar to the concept of Java Servlets. + similar to the concept of Java Servlets. ``repoze.bfg`` requires + that your application be served as a WSGI application. + Middleware + *Middleware* is a :term:`WSGI` concept. It is a WSGI component + that acts both as a server and an application. Interesting uses + for middleware exist, such as caching, content-transport + encoding, and other functions. See `WSGI.org <http://wsgi.org>`_ + or `PyPI <http://python.org/pypi>`_ to find middleware for your + application. Zope `The Z Object Publishing Framework <http://zope.org>`_. The granddaddy of Python web frameworks. |