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=== What is Zope? ===
What is Zope? While this sounds like a simple question that should be answered in a line or two, I often find myself in situations where I am unable to simple say: "It is an Open-Source Application Server." or "It is a Content Management System.". Both of these descriptions are true, but they are really putting a limit on Zope that simply does not exist. So before I will give my definition of Zope, let's collect some of the solutions Zope has been used for. As mentioned above, many people use Zope as a Content Management System, which are usually Web-based (browser managed) systems.
=== 什么是Zope? ===
    什么是Zope?这听起来应该是一个用一到两句话就能回答得简单的问题, 但我经常发现自己无法用简单的方式说明:“它是一个开放源码的应用服务器。它是一个内容管理系统。”。 这两个描述都是正确的, 但它们实际上是给Zope加上了其实并不存在的限制。因此在给出我对Zope的定义之前,让我们先收集一些已经使用了Zope的一些解决方案。依照以上提到的, 许多人使用Zope 作为一个内容管理系统, 它们通常是基于互联网的(通过浏览器管理) 系统。
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Basically the users can manage the content of a page through a set of Web forms, work ows and editing tools.     基本上,用户可以通过一组web表单、工作流和编辑工具来管理页面内容。
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However, there is an entirely di erent CMS genre, for which Zope also has been used.     然而,Zope使用了一个完全不同的CMS流派。
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Other companies, such as struktur AG, used Zope successfully to interface with the XML Database Tamino (from software AG). The second common use is Zope as a Web-Application server, where it is used to build Web-based applications, such as online shops or project management tools. Of course, Zope is also suitable for regular Web sites.     其他公司,例如struktur AG,成功地使用Zope连接了XML数据库Tamino (来自software AG)。Zope第二个通常的用途就是作为一个Web应用服务器,用它可以建立基于Web的应用。例如:在线商店或者项目管理工具。当然,Zope也适合一般的网站。仍然, 到目前为止我们忽略一个用途。Zope可以用作管理公司操作逻辑的后台服务器。事实上,奥地利的bluedynamics.com以Zope2 ZClass和关系数据库建立了一个后勤软件,每天可以处理数百万的交易,使用XML-RPC技术采集的信用卡信息和仓库的客户订单信息。在我看来,这是Zope的真正力量。因为它不仅可以使用Web熟悉的协议来通信,更可以使用你能想象到的任何其他协来通信。Zope 3,它是组件架构的,更加促进了这个领域,因为第三方的产品可以很容易的嵌入甚至替换一些默认的组件。例如,Twisted framework就可以完全替换ZServer(Zope Server组件)。
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And yet, there is a usage that we neglected so far. Zope can also be used as a reliable backend server managing the logistics of a company's operations. In fact, bluedynamics.com in Austria built a logistic software based on Zope 2 ZClasses and a relational database that was able to handle hundreds of thousands transactions each day from taking credit card information and billing the customer up to ordering the products from the warehouse using XML-RPC. In my opinion this is the true strength of Zope, since it allows not only Web-familiar protocols to talk to, but also any other network protocol you can imagine. Zope 3, with its component architecture, accelerates even more in this area, since third party products can be easily plugged in or even replace some
of the defaults. For example the Twisted framework can replace all of ZServer (the Zope Server components).
    现在,我们已经了解了一些Zope普通的和少有的用途,我们可以对Zope下一个明确的定义了。Zope是一个应用,一个后台服务器框架可以让开发者快速建立协议,开发应用(通常是基于Web的)和整合其他使用网络的服务。
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Now that we have seen some of the common and uncommon uses of Zope it might be possible to formulate a more formal definition of Zope, just in case you are being asked at one point. Zope is an application and backend server framework that allows developers to quickly implement protocols, build applications (usually Web-based) and function as glue among other net-enabled services.

Before Zope was developed, Zope Corporation was reviewing many possible programming languages to develop the framework, such as Java, C/C++, Perl and Python. After extensive research they found that only Python would give them the competitive advantage in comparison to the other large framework providers, such as IBM, BEA and others.
    在Zope开发之前,Zope团体评估了很多可能使用的语言来开发这个框架,例如:Java,C/C++,Perl和Python。经过了广泛的研究,他们发现只有Python才能提供给他们在与其他大型的框架提供商(例如,IBM,BEA等)比较时有竞争性的优势。

什么是Zope?

  • 什么是Zope?这听起来应该是一个用一到两句话就能回答得简单的问题, 但我经常发现自己无法用简单的方式说明:“它是一个开放源码的应用服务器。它是一个内容管理系统。”。 这两个描述都是正确的, 但它们实际上是给Zope加上了其实并不存在的限制。因此在给出我对Zope的定义之前,让我们先收集一些已经使用了Zope的一些解决方案。依照以上提到的, 许多人使用Zope 作为一个内容管理系统, 它们通常是基于互联网的(通过浏览器管理) 系统。 基本上,用户可以通过一组web表单、工作流和编辑工具来管理页面内容。 然而,Zope使用了一个完全不同的CMS流派。 其他公司,例如struktur AG,成功地使用Zope连接了XML数据库Tamino (来自software AG)。Zope第二个通常的用途就是作为一个Web应用服务器,用它可以建立基于Web的应用。例如:在线商店或者项目管理工具。当然,Zope也适合一般的网站。仍然, 到目前为止我们忽略一个用途。Zope可以用作管理公司操作逻辑的后台服务器。事实上,奥地利的bluedynamics.com以Zope2 ZClass和关系数据库建立了一个后勤软件,每天可以处理数百万的交易,使用XML-RPC技术采集的信用卡信息和仓库的客户订单信息。在我看来,这是Zope的真正力量。因为它不仅可以使用Web熟悉的协议来通信,更可以使用你能想象到的任何其他协来通信。Zope 3,它是组件架构的,更加促进了这个领域,因为第三方的产品可以很容易的嵌入甚至替换一些默认的组件。例如,Twisted framework就可以完全替换ZServer(Zope Server组件)。 现在,我们已经了解了一些Zope普通的和少有的用途,我们可以对Zope下一个明确的定义了。Zope是一个应用,一个后台服务器框架可以让开发者快速建立协议,开发应用(通常是基于Web的)和整合其他使用网络的服务。 在Zope开发之前,Zope团体评估了很多可能使用的语言来开发这个框架,例如:Java,C/C++,Perl和Python。经过了广泛的研究,他们发现只有Python才能提供给他们在与其他大型的框架提供商(例如,IBM,BEA等)比较时有竞争性的优势。

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