I could have called this release "The parts release" or the "AKC release". "The parts release" because this build contains the consolidation of the basic plumbing for incorporating parts into Aspire. This release also adds around 7 parts to the distribution. "The AKC Release" because the major story of this release is actually an application that is build on Aspire build 18 called "Aspire Knowledge Central".

AKC is a content management system with dual purposes. Geneal public can manage folders worth of information for their own or public reference on the AKC site. AKC can also be used to effectively manage dynamic web pages on third party web sites without the inconvenience of ftps and manually creating links to those ftped documents.

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