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## What is eZ Publish?
**eZ Publish 5** is a professional PHP CMS (content management system).

It is database, platform and browser independent. Because it is
browser based it can be used from anywhere as long as you have
access to the Internet.
It strives to be database, platform and browser independent. Because it is
browser based it can be used from anywhere, on any device, as long as you have
access to the Internet. One of it's unique features is how you can model
content without having to change your database. It allows you to effectively
define model structures using fields, trees and relations, and has a very
flexible permission system which allows you to define who has access to
perform actions under which limiting factors.

eZ Publish exists in two versions; this, the community version is available under
the GPLv2 license, while several extended versions for enterprise & business is available
under a more permissive business license, see [ez.no](http://ez.no/) for more info.

## Install, Upgrade and Getting started
For installation & upgrade instructions, see [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezpublish-community/blob/master/INSTALL.md).
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Minimum PHP version is 5.3.3, but 5.4.x is recommended.

## Backwards compatibility
eZ Publish 5 is **100% data compatible** with version 4 (the same database can be used).
eZ Publish 5 is **100% data compatible** with version 4, as in the same
database can be used by following the [normal](http://doc.ez.no/eZ-Publish/Upgrading) upgrade path.

## Architecture

### Public API
**eZ Publish 5** relies on a flexible, layered, service oriented API.
The Public API consistst of the Model (the M in MVC) and all
The Public API consists of the Model (the M in MVC) and all
apis related to operations available for this Model. More info can be found
in /vendor/ezsystems/ezpublish/Readme.md after installation.
in /vendor/ezsystems/ezpublish-kernel/Readme.md after installation.

### HMVC
### MVC
eZ Publish 5 is built on top of **[Symfony2](http://symfony.com)** full stack framework, taking advantage of
every component provided, including all its **Hierarchical Model View Controller** (aka *HMVC*) power.

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