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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index deb4c1c8b..bbc86db41 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Glossary An object which, provided a :term:`WSGI` environment as a single positional argument, returns a Pyramid-compatible request. + response factory + An object which, provided a :term:`request` as a single positional + argument, returns a Pyramid-compatible response. See + :class:`pyramid.interfaces.IResponseFactory`. + response An object returned by a :term:`view callable` that represents response data returned to the requesting user agent. It must implement the @@ -229,7 +234,7 @@ Glossary object *location-aware*. permission - A string or unicode object that represents an action being taken against + A string or Unicode object that represents an action being taken against a :term:`context` resource. A permission is associated with a view name and a resource type by the developer. Resources are decorated with security declarations (e.g. an :term:`ACL`), which reference these @@ -268,7 +273,7 @@ Glossary (Allow, 'bob', 'read'), (Deny, 'fred', 'write')]``. If an ACL is attached to a resource instance, and that resource is findable via the context resource, it will be consulted any active security policy to - determine wither a particular request can be fulfilled given the + determine whether a particular request can be fulfilled given the :term:`authentication` information in the request. authentication @@ -286,13 +291,22 @@ Glossary :term:`authorization policy`. principal - A *principal* is a string or unicode object representing a userid - or a group id. It is provided by an :term:`authentication - policy`. For example, if a user had the user id "bob", and Bob - was part of two groups named "group foo" and "group bar", the - request might have information attached to it that would - indicate that Bob was represented by three principals: "bob", - "group foo" and "group bar". + A *principal* is a string or Unicode object representing an entity, + typically a user or group. Principals are provided by an + :term:`authentication policy`. For example, if a user has the + :term:`userid` `bob`, and is a member of two groups named `group foo` and + `group bar`, then the request might have information attached to it + indicating that Bob was represented by three principals: `bob`, `group + foo` and `group bar`. + + userid + A *userid* is a string or Unicode object used to identify and authenticate + a real-world user or client. A userid is supplied to an + :term:`authentication policy` in order to discover the user's + :term:`principals <principal>`. In the authentication policies which + :app:`Pyramid` provides, the default behavior returns the user's userid as + a principal, but this is not strictly necessary in custom policies that + define their principals differently. authorization policy An authorization policy in :app:`Pyramid` terms is a bit of @@ -353,13 +367,13 @@ Glossary file. It was developed by Ian Bicking. Chameleon - `chameleon <http://chameleon.repoze.org>`_ is an attribute language - template compiler which supports the :term:`ZPT` templating - specification. It is written and maintained by Malthe Borch. It has - several extensions, such as the ability to use bracketed (Mako-style) - ``${name}`` syntax. It is also much faster than the reference - implementation of ZPT. :app:`Pyramid` offers Chameleon templating out - of the box in ZPT and text flavors. + `chameleon <https://chameleon.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_ is an + attribute language template compiler which supports the :term:`ZPT` + templating specification. It is written and maintained by Malthe Borch. It + has several extensions, such as the ability to use bracketed (Mako-style) + ``${name}`` syntax. It is also much faster than the reference + implementation of ZPT. :app:`Pyramid` offers Chameleon templating out of + the box in ZPT and text flavors. ZPT The `Zope Page Template <http://wiki.zope.org/ZPT/FrontPage>`_ @@ -749,9 +763,16 @@ Glossary made. For example the word "java" might be translated differently if the translation domain is "programming-languages" than would be if the translation domain was "coffee". A - translation domain is represnted by a collection of ``.mo`` files + translation domain is represented by a collection of ``.mo`` files within one or more :term:`translation directory` directories. + Translation Context + A string representing the "context" in which a translation was + made within a given :term:`translation domain`. See the gettext + documentation, `11.2.5 Using contexts for solving ambiguities + <https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Contexts>`_ + for more information. + Translator A callable which receives a :term:`translation string` and returns a translated Unicode object for the purposes of internationalization. A @@ -794,11 +815,10 @@ Glossary library, used by the :app:`Pyramid` translation machinery. Babel - A `collection of tools <http://babel.edgewall.org/>`_ for - internationalizing Python applications. :app:`Pyramid` does - not depend on Babel to operate, but if Babel is installed, - additional locale functionality becomes available to your - application. + A `collection of tools <http://babel.pocoo.org/en/latest/>`_ for + internationalizing Python applications. :app:`Pyramid` does not depend on + Babel to operate, but if Babel is installed, additional locale + functionality becomes available to your application. Lingua A package by Wichert Akkerman which provides the ``pot-create`` @@ -939,10 +959,10 @@ Glossary users transition from Pylons and those preferring a more Pylons-like API. The scaffold has been retired but the demo plays a similar role. - Pyramid Cookbook - Additional documentation for Pyramid which presents topical, - practical uses of Pyramid: - http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid_cookbook/en/latest. + Pyramid Community Cookbook + Additional, community-based documentation for Pyramid which presents + topical, practical uses of Pyramid: + :ref:`Pyramid Community Cookbook <cookbook:pyramid-cookbook>` distutils The standard system for packaging and distributing Python packages. See @@ -1068,3 +1088,7 @@ Glossary data in a Redis database. See https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyramid_redis_sessions for more information. + cache busting + A technique used when serving a cacheable static asset in order to force + a client to query the new version of the asset. See :ref:`cache_busting` + for more information. |