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