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+zope.i18nmessageid Package Changelog
+====================================
+
+zope.i18nmessageid version 3.2.0 (2006/01/05)
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Corresponds to the verison of the zope.i18nmessageid package shipped as
+part of the Zope 3.2.0 release.
+
+Implemented 'zope.i18nmessageid.message' as a C extension.
+
+Deprecated 'zope.i18nmessageid.messageid' APIs ('MessageID',
+'MessageIDFactory') in favor of replacements in 'zope.i18nmessageid.message'
+('Message', 'MessageFactory').  Deprecated items are scheduled for removal
+in Zope 3.3.
+
+zope.i18nmessageid version 3.0.0 (2004/11/07)
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Corresponds to the verison of the zope.i18nmessageid package shipped as
+part of the Zope X3.0.0 release.
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+zope.i18nmessageid Package Readme
+=================================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+To translate any text, we must be able to discover the source domain
+of the text.  A source domain is an identifier that identifies a
+project that produces program source strings.  Source strings occur as
+literals in python programs, text in templates, and some text in XML
+data.  The project implies a source language and an application
+context.
+
+We can think of a source domain as a collection of messages and
+associated translation strings.
+
+We often need to create unicode strings that will be displayed by
+separate views.  The view cannot translate the string without knowing
+its source domain.  A string or unicode literal carries no domain
+information, therefore we use messages.  Messages are unicode strings
+which carry a translation source domain and possibly a default
+translation.  They are created by a message factory. The message
+factory is created by calling ``MessageFactory`` with the source
+domain.
+
+This package provides facilities for *delaring* such messages within
+program source text;  translation of the messages is the responsiblitiy
+of the 'zope.i18n' package.