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If the collaboration of individual universities successfully develops to the expectedextent, the portal will become:• a source of information about basic online education principles• a source for drawing up-to-date information from the eLearning and distancelearning area• a place for eLearning community meetings• a platform for exchanging opinions and experiencePages in HTML format are generated dynamically and stored in the systemcache memory for a certain time. The advantage of this solution is that data arestored in a reliable database, where they can be processed easily, and userscan utilize a simple data management interface at the same time.13.2.1 Portal User RolesThere are three types of users created in the application:Moderator: manages all portal submissions and data.Independent correspondent: contributes on his/her own and manages his/her submissions. He/she needs no approval from any of moderatorsto publish the submissions on the Web.Dependent correspondent: his/her submissions must be authorized by amoderator before they are published.The registration of new users is automated. Given registration requests areconfirmed by a moderator who assigns the dependent or independent correspondentrole to the registered person. Prospectively, we are considering havingprofessional experts working as moderators, who will primarily take care ofthe administration of the server as a whole. Independent correspondents willbe renowned authors from cooperating universities, for whom the high qualityof submissions is guaranteed because of their previous activities. Dependentcorrespondents will be represented by other authors who are interested incontributing to the portal but where it is not certain yet what the quality of theirsubmissions will be.The creators of the portal attempted to create such a concept that would helpa higher number of professionals with different qualifications participate in thedata content and create a space for exchanging experiences and expanding thesphere of sources of new information.High-speed National Research Network and its New Applications 2002159