1. A computer-implemented method for providing a community-based content environment, the method comprising: providing an element associated with content related to a community topic to a moderator, wherein the moderator is at least one user that is assigned a level allowing access to at least most community tools available for use in a community and that is charged with managing at least one of (i) elements of the community or (ii) users of the community; receiving an instruction from the moderator to include the element in the community-based content environment; receiving element attributes associated with the element, the element attributes comprising a comment from a user, a rating, search properties, and a label identifying a sub-topic of the community topic, wherein the search properties are associated with at least one of the content, the rating, the comment, or the label; performing, by processor executing code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a content management function after receiving an instruction from the moderator to perform the content management function, the content management function comprising modifying the element or element attributes; receiving a search request regarding the community topic from a software application over a network, the search request comprising an identification of at least one of the search properties to search; outputting the element and at least part of the element attributes to the software application over the network in response to the search request; and disconnecting the software application from the community-based content environment, wherein the element and at least part of the element attributes are adapted to be accessed by the software application after disconnecting from the community-based content environment.
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a community-based content environment, the method comprising: providing an element associated with content related to a community topic to a moderator, wherein the moderator is at least one user that is assigned a level allowing access to at least most community tools available for use in a community and that is charged with managing at least one of (i) elements of the community or (ii) users of the community; receiving an instruction from the moderator to include the element in the community-based content environment; receiving element attributes associated with the element, the element attributes comprising a comment from a user, a rating, search properties, and a label identifying a sub-topic of the community topic, wherein the search properties are associated with at least one of the content, the rating, the comment, or the label; performing, by processor executing code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a content management function after receiving an instruction from the moderator to perform the content management function, the content management function comprising modifying the element or element attributes; receiving a search request regarding the community topic from a software application over a network, the search request comprising an identification of at least one of the search properties to search; outputting the element and at least part of the element attributes to the software application over the network in response to the search request; and disconnecting the software application from the community-based content environment, wherein the element and at least part of the element attributes are adapted to be accessed by the software application after disconnecting from the community-based content environment. 5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving an identification of a community sub-topic for which a sub-topic element is needed; and receiving the sub-topic element for the identified community sub-topic.