ZODB, the Zope Object Database, is a persistent object database system for Python. It provides facilities to write objects to disk automatically, read them in again when they're required by a running program, and cache them. ZODB normally forms part of the Zope application framework by Zope Corporation (previously Digital Creations). (See port www/zope.) However, it has found significant application outside of Zope. This port represents StandaloneZODB, an official standalone distribution of ZODB by Pythonlabs, a division of Zope Corporation. This official distribution is now merging with with Andrew Kuchling's third party standalone repackaging of ZODB that was formerly the focus of this port. StandaloneZODB includes a standalone version of Zope Enterprise Objects (ZEO), a tool to distribute ZODB stores across a network. Author: Barry A Warsaw and a host of others WWW: http://www.zope.org/Products/StandaloneZODB See also: http://amk.ca/zodb/guide/ (ZODB Programming Guide) -- Johann Visagie