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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index 96dd826d1..adcf36f7c 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -481,10 +481,24 @@ Glossary :app:`Pyramid` to form a workflow system. virtual root - A resource object representing the "virtual" root of a request; this - is typically the physical root object (the object returned by the - application root factory) unless :ref:`vhosting_chapter` is in - use. + A resource object representing the "virtual" root of a request; this is + typically the :term:`physical root` object unless :ref:`vhosting_chapter` + is in use. + + physical root + The object returned by the application :term:`root factory`. Unlike the + the :term:`virtual root` of a request, it is not impacted by + :ref:`vhosting_chapter`: it will always be the actual object returned by + the root factory, never a subobject. + + physical path + The path required by a traversal which resolve a :term:`resource` starting + from the :term:`physical root`. For example, the physical path of the + ``abc`` subobject of the physical root object is ``/abc``. Physical paths + can also be specified as tuples where the first element is the empty + string (representing the root), and every other element is a Unicode + object, e.g. ``('', 'abc')``. Physical paths are also sometimes called + "traversal paths". lineage An ordered sequence of objects based on a ":term:`location` -aware" |