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* Share organized info without blasting everyone | * Share organized info without blasting everyone | ||
* Message of openness - creative commons | * Message of openness - creative commons | ||
== Quotes about wikis == | |||
'''Stefan comments:''' | '''Stefan comments:''' | ||
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== Sample wikis == | == Sample wikis == | ||
* http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca - Health librarians | |||
* http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page | |||
* http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Main_Page | * http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Main_Page | ||
* http://www.wikipedia.org | * http://www.wikipedia.org | ||
* http://policywiki.theglobeandmail.com/tiki-index.php?page=Child+Nutrition+Briefing+Note | * http://policywiki.theglobeandmail.com/tiki-index.php?page=Child+Nutrition+Briefing+Note | ||
* http://www.childrenarewelcome.co.uk | * http://www.childrenarewelcome.co.uk | ||
* http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/wisdom-feds-internal-wikifying-obamas-open-government-directive use in government | * http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/wisdom-feds-internal-wikifying-obamas-open-government-directive use in government | ||
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* Same software as used by Mediawiki, probably millions of other sites | * Same software as used by Mediawiki, probably millions of other sites | ||
* Well tested | * Well tested | ||
* Well established bot programming interface | |||
* Hundreds of useful extensions | * Hundreds of useful extensions | ||
* Not meant to be a CMS | * Not meant to be a CMS | ||
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* http://semanticweb.org/wiki/User:Markus_Kr%C3%B6tzsch/Map_example | * http://semanticweb.org/wiki/User:Markus_Kr%C3%B6tzsch/Map_example | ||
* http://semanticweb.org/wiki/User:Markus_Kr%C3%B6tzsch/Browse_tools | * http://semanticweb.org/wiki/User:Markus_Kr%C3%B6tzsch/Browse_tools | ||
* http://www.discoursedb.org | |||
* Extensions | * Extensions | ||
* Different meanings for a word – hing:book, person:author - individual, person, personne | * Different meanings for a word – hing:book, person:author - individual, person, personne | ||
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* Add your favourite colour | * Add your favourite colour | ||
* Views | * Views | ||
=== Tasks easy to hard === | |||
* Use a todo annotation, view it in a query. | |||
* Add the same interests as other people on user page, view on a graph | |||
* Create a class with form and template using the Special page. | |||
* Use a [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Internal_Objects semantic internal object]. | |||
== Problems solved == | == Problems solved == | ||
* Databases with finely and arbitrarily defined data, with forms and querying | * Databases with finely and arbitrarily defined data, with forms and querying | ||
* self contained applications like [http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Bridge_Trail_Walking_Tour mapping], [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcTeamspace task tracking], [http://ced.zooid.org/wiki/Social_orgs_graph_(sandbox) diagramming] with fine grained data integration between "apps" | |||
* Connecting with other systems using semantic web standards | * Connecting with other systems using semantic web standards | ||
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* Start slow - use it for particular projects | * Start slow - use it for particular projects | ||
** Good as general web site | |||
*** Restrict access unless the project is about open access | |||
** internal documentation, public development | |||
* Make sure there are helpers and champions ready to 'garden' quickly, or use an extension like Flagged Revisions | |||
* Use forms to make common tasks easier | |||
* Always update documentation on the wiki rather than repeating | |||
* Can always use other SMW sites as examples since their code is completely open, even locked pages | |||
== Developing uses == | |||
* Interface to mail, IM, twitter, etc - send a page update, todo or queries | |||
* Interface to other systems using PHP, bots, XML, RDF | |||
== Applications for | == Applications for organizations == | ||
* Neighborhood knowledge - http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Bridge_Trail_Walking_Tour - add arbitrary | * Neighborhood knowledge - http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Bridge_Trail_Walking_Tour - add arbitrary knowledge | ||
* Workgroup practices | * Workgroup practices | ||
* Codifying knowledge, getting people up to speed | * Codifying co-developed knowledge, getting people up to speed | ||
* Analysis, references | * Analysis, references | ||
* Link to other groups | * Link to other groups | ||
=== | === Encouraging wiki use in organizations === | ||
* Introduce progressively, encouraging the idea of progressive learning | |||
** start with why wikis, wikipedia, the culture of wikis | |||
** good uses | |||
*** sketch out idea with links | |||
*** page management | |||
** show a few good sites - wikipedia | |||
** create account | |||
** edit home page, add headings, lists, a link | |||
** demonstration of formatting/layout, common.css | |||
** emphasize looking at markup examples | |||
** introduce idea of semantic, distinct content, resuse | |||
** few good sites - placeography, discoursedb | |||
** simple example of semantic use - birthday, show on timeline | |||
** simple example of a class - todo | |||
** facet search, narrowing down, copy and paste | |||
* Find out what their real problems are | |||
* find champions | |||
* break wikis into sites "owned" by different people/communities | |||
* Ease of hosting | |||
* Don't pretend wiki can do everything, don't oversell | |||
* Alternative to uploading document - good summary, link to original | |||
==== Key concepts ==== | |||
* play-doh - for wikis | |||
* structured | |||
* wikipedia - well known | |||
* built on mediawiki, millions of sites, thousands of extensions | |||
* emphasize control - no database management, open source, users can create data or can lock it down, import and export data | |||
* good opportunity to introduce and encourage adoption of creative commons | |||
==== Challenges ==== | |||
* Working with conservative top level management | |||
** "this is already happening" - examples | |||
* gaining critical mass | |||