.. _glossary:

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Glossary
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.. glossary::

  Context
    This term is often used about an object which is retrieved using
    hierarchical traversal down an object graph.

  Hybrid model
    Using a combination of routes and object mapping.

  Match dict
    This dictionary contains keyword arguments extracted from the
    request path using the route definition (an asterisk or colon
    followed by a keyword).

  WebDAV
    Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning, or WebDAV, is a
    set of extensions to HTTP that allows computer-users to edit and
    manage files collaboratively on remote servers.

  Zen Of Python
    Long time Pythoneer Tim Peters succinctly channels the
    BDFL's `guiding principles
    <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/>`_ for Python's design
    into 20 aphorisms, only 19 of which have been written down.