NetCommons is an information sharing platform provided as a GPL open source program. While NetCommons is a content management system, it also has the groupware and e-learning function which is not found in other leading content management systems. By introducing NetCommons, users can easily start a one-stop service on single Web server. Especially in the case when educational facilities introduce NetCommons, they can unify several distributed systems such as school homepage, e-learning, groupware and information archives into one at low cost. In this paper, we explain the basic functions of NetCommons, and at the same time introduce some practical examples.
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