<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Overview</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.66.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="OpenACS Core Documentation"><link rel="up" href="kernel-doc.html" title="Chapter�17.�Kernel Documentation"><link rel="previous" href="kernel-doc.html" title="Chapter�17.�Kernel Documentation"><link rel="next" href="object-system-requirements.html" title="Object Model Requirements"><link rel="stylesheet" href="openacs.css" type="text/css"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><a href="http://openacs.org"><img src="/doc/images/alex.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex logo"></a><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header" border="0"><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="kernel-doc.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter�17.�Kernel Documentation</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="object-system-requirements.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="kernel-overview"></a>Overview</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><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.
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              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.
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              <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.

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