OpenAdap.net (OAN) is an information system aimed at knowledge dissemination and processing for sustaining communities of users who share the same knowledge representation within their field of interest. Such information system is not only the technology a community uses, but also the way in which the members of the community interact with the technology and the way in which the technology processes knowledge within the community. OpenAdap.net provides multiple business opportunities through the introduction of an innovative distributed working environment and creative user collaborations. In the framework, OAN-aware applications are established software pieces, open or closed sourced, developed to their own independent goals, which are extended to access the shared resources through the use of OAN-specific code.