"Zope is an exciting new object-based, open source web application platform. It allows you to build powerful and dynamic web applications easily. Zope comes with source code and is friendly to developers as well as users. Zope is distinguished by its integrated object database which, when combined with a revolutionary object model, provides a completely unique facility for servicing content managers and web application developers." Here are some of the "headlines" mentioned in the features list. Database Integration Content Management SQL and HTML in Harmony Builtin Objects Multiple Data Sources Document Templates Publish Databases Web to Objects Application Development Integrated Object Database DTML Scripting Managed Through the Web External Methods Direct URL Access to Objects "Zope 3 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."