code: def as_dict(self, replace_value_names=True):
          
  
          # This function is a hack, due to confusion between the root of the document, which
          # should contain all terms, and the root section, which has only terms that are not
          # in another section. So, here we are taking the Root section, and adding all of the other
          # terms to it, as if it were also the root of the document tree.
  
          r = RootSectionTerm(doc=self)
  
          for s in self:  # Iterate over sections
              for t in s:  # Iterate over the terms in each section.
                  r.terms.append(t)
  
          return r.as_dict(replace_value_names)
docs: Iterate, link terms and convert to a dict