The Zope 3 development team (http://zope.org) announced on November 8 the launch of Zope X3 3.0.0 final (http://zope.org/Products/ZopeX3) after almost three years of development. Zope X3 is the next major Zope release and has been written from scratch based on the latest software design patterns and the experiences of Zope 2. The "X" in the name stands for "experimental", since this release does not try to provide any backward-compatibility to Zope 2.
Zope is an open source web application server primarily written in the Python programming language. It features a transactional object database, which can store not only content and custom data, but also dynamic HTML templates, scripts, a search engine, and relational database (RDBMS) connections and code.
It also features a strong through-the-web development model, allowing users to update their web sites from anywhere in the world. To allow for this, Zope also features a tightly integrated security model. Built around the concept of safe delegation of control, Zope's security architecture also allows users to turn control over parts of a web site to other organizations or individuals. Add-on packages will also be available at www.zope.org/Products/Zope3-Packages.
