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What is OpenACS?
OpenACS (Open Architecture Community System) is an advanced toolkit for building scalable,
community-oriented web applications. OpenACS runs on AOLserver, a web/application server,
Oracle, the industry standard relational database, or PostgreSQL, a true ACID-compliant RDBMS.
AOLserver and PostgreSQL are both available under open-source licenses.
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As seen in the illustration above, an ACS webpage has three components: an .adp document that
controls the appearance of the webpage; a .tcl document that governs the functionality of the page;
an .xql document that contains the pertinent data from the database. the client views a functional
webpage constructed by these three components.
The Development Process:
The diagram above illustrates our development process.
All development occurs on a development server. Development is saved to a cvs directory located on
another server, which is then updated to a staging server for client review. Once the content of
the website is approved, the site is moved from the cvs directory onto a production server ready for
live web hosting. All content within the cvs repository and the working data from the production
server is backed up onto tape.
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