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:term:`principal` (or principals) associated with a request.
WSGI
- `Web Server Gateway Interface <http://wsgi.org/>`_. This is a
+ `Web Server Gateway Interface <http://www.wsgi.org/>`_. This is a
Python standard for connecting web applications to web servers,
similar to the concept of Java Servlets. :app:`Pyramid` requires
that your application be served as a WSGI application.
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*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>`_
+ encoding, and other functions. See `WSGI.org <http://www.wsgi.org>`_
or `PyPI <http://python.org/pypi>`_ to find middleware for your
application.
@@ -922,9 +922,9 @@ Glossary
http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid_debugtoolbar/dev/ .
scaffold
- A project template that helps users get started writing a Pyramid
- application quickly. Scaffolds are usually used via the ``pcreate``
- command.
+ A project template that generates some of the major parts of a Pyramid
+ application and helps users to quickly get started writing larger
+ applications. Scaffolds are usually used via the ``pcreate`` command.
pyramid_exclog
A package which logs Pyramid application exception (error) information
@@ -994,3 +994,9 @@ Glossary
Aka ``gunicorn``, a fast :term:`WSGI` server that runs on UNIX under
Python 2.5+ (although at the time of this writing does not support
Python 3). See http://gunicorn.org/ for detailed information.
+
+ predicate factory
+ A callable which is used by a third party during the registration of a
+ route or view predicates to extend the view and route configuration
+ system. See :ref:`registering_thirdparty_predicates` for more
+ information.