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+var _ = require('lodash');
+var kramed = require('kramed');
+
+// Get all the pairs of header + paragraph in a list of nodes
+function groups(nodes) {
+    // A list of next nodes
+    var next = nodes.slice(1).concat(null);
+
+    return _.reduce(nodes, function(accu, node, idx) {
+        // Skip
+        if(!(
+            node.type === 'heading' &&
+            (next[idx] && next[idx].type === 'paragraph')
+        )) {
+            return accu;
+        }
+
+        // Add group
+        accu.push([
+            node,
+            next[idx]
+        ]);
+
+        return accu;
+    }, []);
+}
+
+function parseGlossary(src) {
+    var nodes = kramed.lexer(src);
+
+    return groups(nodes)
+    .map(function(pair) {
+        // Simplify each group to a simple object with name/description
+        return {
+            name: pair[0].text,
+            id: entryId(pair[0].text),
+            description: pair[1].text,
+        };
+    });
+}
+
+// Normalizes a glossary entry's name to create an ID
+function entryId(name) {
+    return name.toLowerCase();
+}
+
+module.exports = parseGlossary;
+module.exports.entryId = entryId;