Index: openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/www/doc/architecture-overview.adp =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/www/doc/architecture-overview.adp,v diff -u -N -r1.3 -r1.4 --- openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/www/doc/architecture-overview.adp 3 Jul 2015 10:43:58 -0000 1.3 +++ openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/www/doc/architecture-overview.adp 7 Aug 2017 23:48:09 -0000 1.4 @@ -30,23 +30,23 @@ and roles within the learning community.
  • a site node: this serves to define a consistent URL for the learning community, and to segment away each -communities from one another. An example is /dotlrn/alumni-1998. +communities from one another. An example is /dotlrn/alumni-1998.
  • an instance of the dotLRN Community Manager package: this serves to display community-specific data in a way that is clearly segmented away from the other learning -communities using the acs-subsite constructs. +communities using the acs-subsite constructs.

    OpenACS Group

    -The core dotLRN group type is dotlrn_community. This group +The core dotLRN group type is dotlrn_community. This group type defines some basic attributes that all communities have: @@ -62,76 +62,76 @@ future, if communities end up being multi-mounted, there will have to remain a canonical location for the community in order to ensure maximal modularity - specifically the ability to point to a -community's URL using only the community_id as a starting +community's URL using only the community_id as a starting point.

    Instance of dotLRN Community Manager

    -The core dotLRN OpenACS package is called dotlrn +The core dotLRN OpenACS package is called dotlrn (surprisingly enough). This package is meant to be remounted to handle -community types and specific communities. A package_id +community types and specific communities. A package_id corresponds to each community.

    The group types for these two dotLRN Community Types are -dotlrn_class_instance and dotlrn_club. +dotlrn_class_instance and dotlrn_club.

    Use of NPA

    -dotLRN makes heavy use of the New Portal Architecture. +dotLRN makes heavy use of the New Portal Architecture.

    Each full-access user has a personal portal where all data from all -communities is centralized in one place. This is called the dotLRN -User Portal. +communities is centralized in one place. This is called the dotLRN +User Portal.

    Each community has a non-member portal which displays information to those browsing the system and wanting to find out more about a -community before joining it. This is called the dotLRN Community -Non-Member Portal. +community before joining it. This is called the dotLRN Community +Non-Member Portal.

    Each community also has an administrative portal which centralizes all administrative functionality for that community. This is called the -dotLRN Community Admin Portal. +dotLRN Community Admin Portal.

    -Finally, each community member has her own dotlrn Community Member -Portal. The important distinction here is that there is a +Finally, each community member has her own dotlrn Community Member +Portal. The important distinction here is that there is a different portal for each member of this community. Thus, if a community has 100 members, there are 100 individually managed -portals. These portals are initially created from the dotLRN -Community Portal Template that administrators of the community control. +portals. These portals are initially created from the dotLRN +Community Portal Template that administrators of the community control.

    dotLRN Applets

    dotLRN Communities have various packages of functionality. These -packages (dotLRN applets) are much like existing OpenACS 4 +packages (dotLRN applets) are much like existing OpenACS 4 packages, but with added specifications, special callback interfaces, and predictable APIs that not every OpenACS 4 package will have.

    -Thus, a dotLRN Applet is composed of three +Thus, a dotLRN Applet is composed of three pieces that may each be a separate OpenACS package: