<s>
Joinup	B-Application
is	O
a	O
collaboration	B-Application
platform	I-Application
created	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joinup	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
on	O
9	O
December	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
two	O
became	O
Joinup	B-Application
's	O
initial	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
specifically	O
,	O
it	O
offers	O
a	O
meeting	O
place	O
and	O
a	O
collaborative	B-Protocol
working	I-Protocol
environment	I-Protocol
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
interoperability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joinup	B-Application
hosts	B-Device
communities	O
of	O
practice	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
community	O
for	O
the	O
Common	O
Assessment	O
Method	O
for	O
Standards	O
and	O
Specifications	O
(	O
CAMSS	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
for	O
the	O
National	O
Interoperability	O
Frameworks	O
Observatory	O
(	O
NIFO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
also	O
raises	O
awareness	O
on	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
software	I-License
and	O
semantic	O
interoperability	O
in	O
the	O
public	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joinup	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
catalogue	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
,	O
interoperability	O
assets	O
and	O
models	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Interoperability	O
Maturity	O
Model	O
(	O
IMM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joinup	B-Application
provides	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
Federation	O
catalogue	O
hosted	O
by	O
public	O
administrations	O
in	O
EU	O
member	O
states	O
and	O
standardisation	O
bodies	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
European	O
Committee	O
for	O
Standardization	O
(	O
CEN	O
)	O
and	O
European	O
Telecommunications	O
Standards	O
Institute	O
(	O
ETSI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joinup	B-Application
is	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
's	O
Directorate	O
General	O
for	O
Informatics	O
to	O
make	O
available	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
ISA	O
Programme	O
added	O
the	O
ePractice	O
community	O
to	O
the	O
Joinup	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
detailed	O
list	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
potential	O
services	O
someone	O
receives	O
by	O
registering	O
at	O
this	O
platform	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
at	O
JoinUp	B-Application
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
list	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
software	O
contributions	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
are	O
at	O
JoinUp	B-Application
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Joinup	B-Application
platform	O
is	O
powered	O
by	O
a	O
tailored	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Drupal	B-Application
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
framework	I-Protocol
(	O
version	O
6	O
)	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
Joinup	B-Application
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
platform	O
it	O
powers	O
,	O
is	O
suitable	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
tool	O
or	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
software	B-Protocol
forge	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
some	O
past	O
versions	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
at	O
JoinUp	B-Application
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
is	O
done	O
on	O
hosts	B-Device
running	O
Debian	O
Linux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Joinup	B-Application
platform	O
runs	O
on	O
10	O
hosts	B-Device
in	O
the	O
EC	O
's	O
datacentre	B-Operating_System
in	O
Luxembourg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
is	O
on	O
three	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Linux	O
hosts	B-Device
,	O
running	O
Apache	B-Application
webserver	I-Application
and	O
Drupal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	O
host	O
is	O
running	O
the	O
Apache	B-Language
Tomcat	I-Language
Java	O
server	O
,	O
the	O
Apache	B-Language
Solr	I-Language
search	O
engine	O
and	O
Apache	B-Language
Maven	I-Language
build	O
automation	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
host	O
is	O
running	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Subversion	I-Application
software	O
versioning	O
and	O
revisioning	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
sixth	O
Linux	O
host	O
running	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
relational	O
database	O
system	O
and	O
a	O
seventh	O
for	O
GNU	B-Application
Mailman	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Openroad	O
is	O
a	O
similar	O
collaboration	B-Application
platform	I-Application
,	O
begun	O
by	O
Vietnam	O
's	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
in	O
January	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
