Editing ArsDigita Community System (section)

===OpenACS===
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The Open Architecture Community System provides:

* A set of applications, that can be used to deploy web sites that are strong on collaboration. Some of the applications are Workflow, [[Content management system|CMS]], Messaging, Bug/Issue tracker, [[e-commerce]], [[blog]]ger, [[Online chat|chat]] and forums.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
* An application development toolkit, that provides an extensive set of APIs and services to enable quick development of new applications. Features include permissioning, full internationalization, [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]], form builder, object model, automated testing, subsites and a powerful package manager.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

OpenACS runs on [[AOLserver]] and [[NaviServer]] with either [[Oracle database|Oracle]] or [[PostgreSQL]] as its database.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Projects that were or are based on OpenACS include [https://openacs.org/projects/dotlrn/ dotLrn], dotFolio, dotCommunity, dotConsult, [https://www.project-open.com/ Project-Open], and [https://e-voice.org.uk/ Voice Online Communities].