Wiki
Wiki implementation
Relational database management system
Runs on web servers
Usually as an application server
Collaborative software
Characteristics
Trustworthiness
Solution: High editorial standards
Problem: Could be easily tampered
Searching
Controlling changes
Recent Changes
Patrolled revisions
Revision history
Can view and restore a previous version
Can filter the list to remove minor edits
List numbering recent edits
Easy to correct mistakes, rather than
making it difficult to make them
Involve the visitor in process of
creation and collaboration
Meaningful topic associations between different pages
Page link creation intuitively easy
Web browser
Users can edit, or create pages
Some Wikis
FlexWiki
PmWiki
MediaWiki
DokuWiki
History
January 15, 2001: Wikipedia
"Wiki" is a Hawaiian word for "fast"
1ª Wiki: WikiWikiWeb, 1994
Ward Cunningham invented the concept and gave it its name
