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<property name="context">{/doc/acs-core-docs/ {ACS Core Documentation}} {Overview}</property> <property name="doc(title)">Overview</property> <master> <style> div.sect2 > div.itemizedlist > ul.itemizedlist > li.listitem {margin-top: 16px;} div.sect3 > div.itemizedlist > ul.itemizedlist > li.listitem {margin-top: 6px;} </style> <include src="/packages/acs-core-docs/lib/navheader" leftLink="kernel-doc" leftLabel="Prev" title="Chapter 15. Kernel Documentation" rightLink="object-system-requirements" rightLabel="Next"> <div class="sect1"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> <a name="kernel-overview" id="kernel-overview"></a>Overview</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li class="listitem"><p>The <span class="emphasis"><em>OpenACS Kernel</em></span>, which handles system-wide necessities such as metadata, security, users and groups, subsites, and package management and deployment.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>The <span class="emphasis"><em>OpenACS Core</em></span>, which comprises all the other packages that ship with the kernel and are most frequently needed by users, such as templating, forums, and user registration/management. The packages tend to be developed and distributed with the kernel.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p> <span class="emphasis"><em>OpenACS Application packages</em></span>, which typically provide user-level web services built on top of the Kernel and Core. Application packages are developed separately from the Kernel, and are typically released independently of it.</p></li> </ul></div><p>This document provides a high-level overview of the kernel package. <a class="ulink" href="index" target="_top">Documentation for other packages on this server</a> </p> </div> <include src="/packages/acs-core-docs/lib/navfooter" leftLink="kernel-doc" leftLabel="Prev" leftTitle="Chapter 15. Kernel Documentation" rightLink="object-system-requirements" rightLabel="Next" rightTitle="Object Model Requirements" homeLink="index" homeLabel="Home" upLink="kernel-doc" upLabel="Up">