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== Sample wikis == | == Sample wikis == | ||
* http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca - Health librarians | |||
* http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page | * http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page | ||
* http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Main_Page | * http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Main_Page | ||
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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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* 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 | |||