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-version 1.971, 2008/11/12 20:01:15
+version 1.972, 2008/11/25 18:20:11
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  =pod
+ =head1 NAME
+ Apache::lonnet.pm
+ =head1 SYNOPSIS
+ This file is an interface to the lonc processes of
+ the LON-CAPA network as well as set of elaborated functions for handling information
+ necessary for navigating through a given cluster of LON-CAPA machines within a
+ domain. There are over 40 specialized functions in this module which handle the
+ reading and transmission of metadata, user information (ids, names, environments, roles,
+ logs), file information (storage, reading, directories, extensions, replication, embedded
+ styles and descriptors), educational resources (course descriptions, section names and
+ numbers), url hashing (to assign roles on a url basis), and translating abbreviated symbols to
+ and from more descriptive phrases or explanations.
+ This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project
+ described at http://www.lon-capa.org.
  =head1 Package Variables
  These are largely undocumented, so if you decipher one please note it here.