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begin to run and serve an application using the information contained
within the ``development.ini`` file.
-#. The framework finds a section named either ``[app:main]``,
+#. ``pserve`` passes the ``development.ini`` path to :term:`plaster` which
+ finds an available configuration loader that recognizes the ``ini`` format.
+
+#. :term:`plaster` finds the ``plaster_pastedeploy`` library which binds
+ the :term:`PasteDeploy` library and returns a parser that can understand
+ the format.
+
+#. The :term:`PasteDeploy` finds a section named either ``[app:main]``,
``[pipeline:main]``, or ``[composite:main]`` in the ``.ini`` file. This
section represents the configuration of a :term:`WSGI` application that will
be served. If you're using a simple application (e.g., ``[app:main]``), the