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Wikipedia and Internet Resources

Outline

Introduction

History of Wiki

Wiki Engines

Wiki is Everywhere

Case StudyDokuWiki

Introduction

Wikipedia (pronounced /wikipidi./, WEE-kee-PEE-dee- or /wkpidi./, WI-ki-PEE-dee-)

Free

Web-based

Collaborative

Introduction

Multilingual encyclopedia project

Supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.

Web 2.0 services

Introduction

Wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning "quick") and encyclopedia

A frequently updated news resource because of how quickly articles about recent events appear

Cooperative Hypertext

History of Wiki

Prehistory ( - 2001)

The Launch (2001)The Wikipedia.com and Wikipedia.org domain names are registered on 12 January 2001 and 13 January 2001

Expansion (2001 - 2002)

Controversy (2002)Knowledgable about various topics, was unable to work well with others

History of Wiki

Consolidation (2002)

Reflection (2003)

Hitting the big time? (2003 2004)English Wikipedia hits 200,000 articles, just over a year after hitting 100,000

Rewarded (2004 2005)Prix Ars Electronica in the category Digital Communities

Webby Award in the category Community

History of Wiki

One Million and beyond (2006 - )September 9, 2007 - 2 million articles written in English

Wiki Engines

DokuWikiPhpWikiPmWikiTikiTWiki

LanguagePHPPHPPHPPHPPerl

FeatureNo SQL database needed

Multiple storage backendsCustom look-and-feelBlogsForums

Calendars and Events

Surveys, Quizes, and PollsConflict resolution

Wiki is Everywhere

Google Siteshttp://sites.google.com/

Wikispaceshttp://www.wikispaces.com/

Case Study DokuWiki

DokuWiki is a standards compliant

Aimed at creating documentation of any kind.

It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies.

Case Study DokuWiki

It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and eases the creation of structured texts.

All data is stored in plain text files no database is required.

Case Study DokuWiki

Page SourceStructure

Syntax

Case Study DokuWiki

Old RevisionsCollaborative Work

Change Log

Revert Revisions

Revision Diff

Case Study DokuWiki

Recent Changes

Case Study DokuWiki

Table of Contents

Case Study DokuWiki

Multilingual encyclopedia

Case Study DokuWiki

AdministrationAccess Control List Management

User Manager

Manage Plugins

Revert Manager

Configuration Settings

Popularity Feedback (may take some time to load)

Case Study DokuWiki

Access Control List ManagementUser Permission

Group Permission

Case Study DokuWiki

User ManagerUser List

Add User

Demonstration

Wikipedia

DokuWiki

Google Site

Q&A

Department of Electronics Engineering , National Chiao Tung University