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| + | The Hawaiian word "wikiwiki" means "fast, speedy; to hurry, hasten; quick, fast, swift" p. 14 | ||
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| + | "A wiki is a freely expandable colletion of interlinked web 'pages', a <i>hypertext system</i> for soring and modifying information--a <i>database</i>, where each page is easily editable by any user with a forms-capable Web browser cleint. p. 14 | ||
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| + | Ward Cunningham develope the first wiki in 1994. The original WikiWikiWeb site is the [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki Portland Pattern Repository]. Discusses software designe methods. p. 15 | ||
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| + | The essence of a wiki (quote): | ||
| + | * A wiki invites all users to eidt any page or create new pages within th wiki Website using only a plain-vanilla Web browser without any extra add-ons | ||
| + | *Wiki promotes meaningful topic associations between differnt pagbes by making page link creation almost intuitively easy and by showing whether an intended target exists or not | ||
| + | *A wiki is not a carefully crafted site for casual vistors. Insted, it seeks to invovle the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the website landscape. | ||
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| + | "Wiki is inherently democratic". Users all have exactly the same capabilites. p. 17 | ||
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| + | Reformulating the essance of wiki (quote): | ||
| + | *It uses a simple navigational model, with a quick cross-linking method to encourage linking together concenps 'a click away'. (....) | ||
| + | *Editing page content is 'just a click away' by typing i text from the Web browser, using dirt-simple 'markup' when needed. | ||
| + | *Anyone in the world can change anythign (or <i>change it back</i>. | ||
| + | *It provides fast retrieval (fast, built-in search); links are page titles. | ||
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| + | This book uses "Wiki" to refer to wikis as a concept, and wiki to refer to their implementation. p. 14 | ||
Revision as of 18:30, 16 April 2006
The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web Bo Leuf and Ward Cunningham 2001 Addison-Wesley
This book has a great deal of technical information, but I found the chapters on the social aspects of wikis to be the most intersting. Here are some of the highlights
Chapter 1 Introduction to Discussion and Collaboration Servers
Other versions of online collaboration include email, shared folders, discussion servers (p. 4-9) Are wikis "Yet another obscure technology"? (p. 9)
Features of web-based collaboration:
- Free accessiblity of matieral
- Up-to-date versions
- Hyperlinking
- Independence of platoform and application
- Content markup
p. 10
Disadvantages include editing interfaces (tend to be kind of basic) p. 11
The Hawaiian word "wikiwiki" means "fast, speedy; to hurry, hasten; quick, fast, swift" p. 14
"A wiki is a freely expandable colletion of interlinked web 'pages', a hypertext system for soring and modifying information--a database, where each page is easily editable by any user with a forms-capable Web browser cleint. p. 14
Ward Cunningham develope the first wiki in 1994. The original WikiWikiWeb site is the Portland Pattern Repository. Discusses software designe methods. p. 15
The essence of a wiki (quote):
- A wiki invites all users to eidt any page or create new pages within th wiki Website using only a plain-vanilla Web browser without any extra add-ons
- Wiki promotes meaningful topic associations between differnt pagbes by making page link creation almost intuitively easy and by showing whether an intended target exists or not
- A wiki is not a carefully crafted site for casual vistors. Insted, it seeks to invovle the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the website landscape.
p. 16
"Wiki is inherently democratic". Users all have exactly the same capabilites. p. 17
Reformulating the essance of wiki (quote):
- It uses a simple navigational model, with a quick cross-linking method to encourage linking together concenps 'a click away'. (....)
- Editing page content is 'just a click away' by typing i text from the Web browser, using dirt-simple 'markup' when needed.
- Anyone in the world can change anythign (or change it back.
- It provides fast retrieval (fast, built-in search); links are page titles.
This book uses "Wiki" to refer to wikis as a concept, and wiki to refer to their implementation. p. 14
