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         Python files). See :ref:`package-formats` for more information.
 
 
+    Built Metadata
+
+        The concrete form :term:`Core Metadata` takes
+        when included inside an installed :term:`Project` (``METADATA`` file)
+        or a :term:`Distribution Archive`
+        (``PKG-INFO`` in a
+        :term:`Sdist <Source Distribution (or "sdist")>`
+        and ``METADATA`` in a :term:`Wheel`).
+
+
+    Core Metadata
+
+        The :ref:`specification <core-metadata>`
+        and the set of :term:`Core Metadata Field`\s it defines
+        that describe key static attributes of
+        a :term:`Distribution Package` or :term:`Installed Project`.
+
+
+    Core Metadata Field
+
+        A single key-value pair
+        (or sequence of such with the same name, for multiple-use fields)
+        defined in the :term:`Core Metadata` spec
+        and stored in the :term:`Built Metadata`.
+        Notably, distinct from a :term:`Pyproject Metadata Key`.
+
+
+    Distribution Archive
+
+        The physical distribution artifact (i.e. a file on disk)
+        for a :term:`Distribution Package`.
+
+
     Distribution Package
 
         A versioned archive file that contains Python :term:`packages <Import
@@ -106,6 +139,14 @@ Glossary
         is also commonly called a "package". See :ref:`distribution-package-vs-import-package`
         for a breakdown of the differences.
 
+
+    Installed Project
+
+        A :term:`Project` that is installed for use with
+        a Python interpreter or :term:`Virtual Environment`,
+        as described in the specicifcation :ref:`recording-installed-packages`.
+
+
     Module
 
         The basic unit of code reusability in Python, existing in one of two
@@ -149,12 +190,64 @@ Glossary
         'bar'.
 
 
+    Project Root Directory
+
+        The filesystem directory in which
+        a :term:`Project`'s :term:`source tree <Project Source Tree>` is located.
+
+
+    Project Source Tree
+
+        The on-disk format of a :term:`Project` used for development,
+        containing its raw source code before being packaged
+        into a
+        :term:`Source Distribution <Source Distribution (or "sdist")>`
+        or :term:`Built Distribution`.
+
+
+    Project Source Metadata
+
+        Metadata defined by the package author
+        in a :term:`Project`'s :term:`source tree <Project Source Tree>`,
+        to be transformed into :term:`Core Metadata field`\s
+        in the :term:`Built Metadata`
+        by the project's :term:`build backend <Build Backend>`.
+        Can be written as :term:`Pyproject Metadata`,
+        or in a tool-specific format
+        (under the ``[tool]`` table in ``pyproject.toml``,
+        or in a tool's own configuration file).
+
+
     Pure Module
 
         A :term:`Module` written in Python and contained in a single ``.py`` file (and
         possibly associated ``.pyc`` and/or ``.pyo`` files).
 
 
+    Pyproject Metadata
+
+        The :term:`Project Source Metadata` format
+        defined by the :ref:`declaring-project-metadata` specification
+        and originally introduced in :pep:`621`,
+        stored as :term:`Pyproject Metadata Key`\s
+        under the ``[project]`` table of a :term:`pyproject.toml` file.
+        Notably, *not* a tool-specific source metadata format
+        under the ``[tool]`` table in ``pyproject.toml``.
+
+
+    Pyproject Metadata Key
+
+        A top-level TOML key in the ``[project]`` table in ``pyproject.toml``;
+        part of the :term:`Pyproject Metadata`.
+        Notably, distinct from a :term:`Core Metadata Field`.
+
+
+    Pyproject Metadata Subkey
+
+        A second-level TOML key under a table-valued
+        :term:`Pyproject Metadata Key`.
+
+
     Python Packaging Authority (PyPA)
 
         PyPA is a working group that maintains many of the relevant
@@ -236,7 +329,7 @@ Glossary
 
     Source Distribution (or "sdist")
 
-        A :term:`distribution <Distribution Package>` format (usually generated
+        A :term:`distribution <Distribution Archive>` format (usually generated
         using ``python -m build --sdist``) that provides metadata and the
         essential source files needed for installing by a tool like :ref:`pip`,
         or for generating a :term:`Built Distribution`. See :ref:`package-formats`
@@ -264,10 +357,22 @@ Glossary
         wide. For more information, see the section on :ref:`Creating and using
         Virtual Environments`.
 
+
+    Wheel Format
     Wheel
 
-        The standard :term:`Built Distribution` format.
+        The standard :term:`Built Distribution` format
+        originally introduced in :pep:`427`
+        and defined by the :ref:`binary-distribution-format` specification.
         See :ref:`package-formats` for more information.
+        Not to be confused with its reference implementation,
+        the :term:`Wheel Project`.
+
+
+    Wheel Project
+
+        The PyPA reference implementation of the :term:`Wheel Format`; see :ref:`wheel`.
+
 
     Working Set