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The project
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The goal of the project PLACO is to define the complete process to generate
customized COllaborative PLAtforms for scientific communities.

This kind of collaborative platform must be able to offer all necessary services
to facilitate the collaborative work inside the community.
At this time, it runs on a dedicated server.

The official web site of the project is http://placo.mathrice.fr.
The developpment web site of the project is http://placodev.mathrice.fr.

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How to collaborate ?
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2 ways :
  - download, install and try the platform (we need feedback)
  - participate to the development of some 'plugin scripts',
    to implement existing or new services for supplementary OS

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Prerequisites and installation
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See INSTALL

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Syntax of PLACO definition file
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# global section 
directive value
directive value

<aggregate_variable1>
  directive value
  directive value
</aggregate_variable1>

# machine sections
<machine m1>
  # m1 directive
  directive value
  directive value
</machine>

<machine m2>
  # m2 directive
  directive value
  directive value
</machine>