[Zope-ZEO] ZODB as a standalone server

[Helge Hess]

Andrew Kuchling wrote:
> ... or just use ZODB+ZEO in the first place! ...

Someone else said that too. What exactly is ZEO ? A load-balancer or a
TPC manager ?
Where can I find out more about it's protocol and workings ?
Would it be difficult to write a C client library for ZEO ?

> Unfortunately, all
> the DTDs I can find are language-specific, and there doesn't seem to
> be one for generic objects, or even for RDBMses.

Yep. The only 'generic' thing I know is DSML for directories.

Helge