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Small improvements to external-projects documentation.

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similar to <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net">SourceForge.net</> in its
feature set, providing mailing lists, forums, bug tracking, SCM, and web
hosting. If you have a <productname>PostgreSQL</>-related open source
project that you would like to have hosted at PgFoundy, please feel free
to create a new project.
project that you would like to have hosted at PgFoundry, please feel free
to create a new project there.
</para>
<sect1 id="external-interfaces">
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</table>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="external-admin-tools">
<title>Administration Tools</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>administration tools</primary>
<secondary>externally maintained</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>
There are several administration tools available for
<productname>PostgreSQL</>. The most popular is
<application><ulink url="http://www.pgadmin.org/">pgAdmin III</ulink></>,
and there are several commercially available ones as well.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="external-pl">
<title>Procedural Languages</title>
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<title>Extensions</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>extensions</primary>
<primary>extension</primary>
<secondary>externally maintained</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</> is designed to be easily extensible. For
this reason, extensions loaded into the database can function just
like features that are packaged with the database. The
this reason, extensions loaded into the database can function
just like features that are built in. The
<filename>contrib/</> directory shipped with the source code
contains a large number of extensions. The <filename>README</> file
in that directory contains a summary. They include conversion
tools, full-text indexing, <acronym>XML</> tools, and additional
data types and indexing methods. Other extensions are developed
contains several extensions, which are described in
<xref linkend="contrib">. Other extensions are developed
independently, like <application><ulink
url="http://www.postgis.org/">PostGIS</ulink></>. Even
<productname>PostgreSQL</> replication solutions are developed
<productname>PostgreSQL</> replication solutions can be developed
externally. For example, <application> <ulink
url="http://www.slony.info">Slony-I</ulink></> is a popular
master/standby replication solution that is developed independently
from the core project.
</para>
<para>
There are several administration tools available for
<productname>PostgreSQL</>. The most popular is
<application><ulink url="http://www.pgadmin.org/">pgAdmin III</ulink></>,
and there are several commercially available ones as well.
</para>
</sect1>
</appendix>