Semantic Mediawiki workshop: Difference between revisions

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=== Encouraging wiki use in organizations ===
=== Encouraging wiki use in organizations ===


* 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
* Introduce progressively, encouraging the idea of progressive learning
* Introduce progressively, encouraging the idea of progressive learning
** start with why wikis, wikipedia, the culture of wikis
** start with why wikis, wikipedia, the culture of wikis
** show a few good sites - wikipedia
** create account
** create account
** edit home page, add headings, lists, a link
** edit home page, add headings, lists, a link
** demonstration of formatting/layout, common.css
** 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 semantic use - birthday, show on timeline
** simple example of a class - todo
** simple example of a class - todo
* emphasize looking at examples
** facet search, narrowing down, copy and paste
 
* Find out what their real problems are
* 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


==== Words to use ====
==== Words to use ====