def register(context, request):
    templatespath = resource_filename('governancetool', 'templates')
    main = get_template(templatespath+'/main.pt')
    notice = u''
    login = u''
    password = u''
    confirmpassword = u''
    root = request.root
    if 'form.submitted' in request.params:
        # Ensure that a 'userdb' key is present
        # in the root
        if not getattr(root, 'userdb', None):
            root['userdb'] = OOBTree()
        userdb = root['userdb']
        login = request.params['login']
        password = request.params['password']
        confirmpassword = request.params['confirmpassword']
        if password == confirmpassword:
            if not userdb.get(login, None):
                # User doesn't exist
                newuser = User()
                newuser.id = login
                newuser.password = password
                # Add object to the BTree, keyed on the ID
                userdb[newuser.id] = newuser
                notice = u"User successfully created."
            else:
                notice = u"That e-mail address already exists, please enter another one."
        else:
            notice = u"The passwords you entered don't match. Please re-enter them."

    return dict(
        main = main,
        notice = notice,
        url = request.application_url + '/register',
        login = login,
        password = password,
        confirmpassword = confirmpassword,
        logged_in = None,
        )