Description:

The Z Object Programming Environment (Zope) is a free, Open Source[tm]
Python-based application server for building high-performance, dynamic
web sites, using a powerful and simple scripting object model and
high-performance, integrated object database.

Brian Lloyd's excellent article, An Introduction to Zope
(http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Zope/Intro/) provides a great starting
point to understanding what Zope is and how you can use it.

The Zope-core package contains the central core programs and general
extensions needed to run Zope.

For a fully functional installation of Zope, install Zope, Zope-components,
Zope-core, Zope-services, Zope-zpublisher, and Zope-ztemplates, and one of
the following packages: Zope-zserver, for a minimal Python-based Web
server; or Zope-pcgi, for using Zope with Apache's CGI facility.