Readings
- Wiki Engines and Choice Tree
- Wiki.org’s list of wikis by server type. Look in the PHP section. Also use their tools at the top for helping you choose one to install based on your needs.
- Which Open Source Wiki Works For You?
- Shlomi Fish. 2004. O’Reilly Media, Inc. OnLamp newsletter online.
Example
- Wikipedia
- The free encyclopedia anyone can edit. MediaWiki software.
According to Ward Cunningham,
father of the WikiWiki concept, and author of Wiki.org, a wiki is, “The simplest online database that could possibly work.”
Shlomi Fish, contributing author for O’Reilly Media says it more succinctly:
A Wiki is a web site that can be edited directly by people browsing it. That way, they can add new content, correct errors or inaccuracies, and add their own comments, among other things.
A wiki can empower site visitors to make your site theirs by contributing directly to its success (or failure if spamming is not deleted immediately).
Most wikis have a “sandbox” for new visitors to practice their new markup skills. The syntax used in the wiki content management interface is not usually standard html but a simpler form of adding new pages, links, and bullet lists, for instance.
What is a Groupware?
A Groupware application is typically a system that is setup for the purpose of sharing project-related work and information. Some of the basic characteristics of a groupware application include an event calendar to share key deliverable dates, group mailboxes to distribute communications, a file repository to exchanges documents, and a forum or chat area for interactive discussions.
Groupware applications are especially useful in environments where team members are not centrally located and need to have a place to exchange ideas and project commitments. (source: OpensourceCMS)