Introduction

This documentation covers AggreGate platform and standard vertical market products based on it.

The documentation is a work-in-progress. AggreGate is a very large platform, and is in a continuous process of development and enhancement. In this manual, the AggreGate documentation team attempts to play "catch-up" with the ever-increasing pace of AggreGate development.

Thus, we would recommend you to keep a few points in mind while reading this text:

• Due to the sheer extent of AggreGate, there's a definite learning curve to the system. Use the manual as a reference rather than as a textbook, please skip to earlier topics or follow links when you come across a term you're unfamiliar with. Terms are usually defined when they're first introduced in the text.
• The same system component might have several topics dedicated to it, requiring different levels of familiarity with the system. You can always look for an earlier topic dealing with the same system component -- it'll have simpler explanations.
• Above all, we strive to provide easy-to-read, easy-to-follow documentation, which is accurate yet friendly. We recognize our users are real people who want to get something done with the system, and we hope this manual will help. Good luck!