<s>
metacoon	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
platform	I-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
online	O
learning	O
,	O
cooperative	O
work	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
learning	O
material	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
offers	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
a	O
Learning	B-Application
Management	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
offline	O
authoring	O
tools	O
are	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
interest	O
of	O
other	O
educational	O
organisations	O
it	O
was	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
managed	O
in	O
Weimar	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
metacoon	B-Protocol
"	O
derives	O
from	O
the	O
Greek	O
word	O
meta	O
and	O
the	O
word	O
Cocoon	B-Language
(	O
the	O
Apache	O
framework	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
metacoon	B-Protocol
platform	O
can	O
be	O
imagined	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	O
house	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
rooms	O
for	O
projects	O
or	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rooms	O
can	O
be	O
furnished	O
with	O
the	O
tools	O
of	O
the	O
metacoon	B-Protocol
framework	O
to	O
use	O
them	O
in	O
different	O
scenarios	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
metacoon	B-Protocol
runs	O
on	O
any	O
system	O
that	O
supports	O
PHP	O
5.x	O
and	O
MySQL	O
5.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tomcat	B-Language
and	O
Cocoon	B-Language
are	O
needed	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
use	O
QTI	B-Language
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
metacoon	B-Protocol
offers	O
the	O
following	O
interoperability	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
