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wikis
= Web =


wikipedia
* International
* Anyone can create a site
* Focused on presentation
** Network effect
* Hyperlinks


mediawiki
= Wikis =


editors
* Portland Pattern Repository - 1995


computer intelligence
* Personal wiki
* Group
* Organization
* Topical


progressive learning
== Wikipedia ==


brackets, links, categories, templates, properties
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png


semantic
* 2001
* Anything accepted as notable, neutral point of view


licenses
= Mediawiki =
 
* Hundreds of thousands of sites
* Hundreds of extensions
* Page, not content manager
 
= Wiki use and editing =
 
On any wiki with critical mass:
 
* Readers
* Drive by editor
* Topic editor
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits#List Nerd core]
 
== How to use a wiki ==
 
* Categories
* Recent changes
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges wp]  vs [http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&from=20100716103952&days=300 small site]
* Page history
* Page discussion
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trust_%28monopoly%29 - tags and backstory
* User pages
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rjwilmsi
 
= Editing wikis =
 
* Wikis typical use their own markup (syntax)
* Rich/wysiwyg editors create messes
** Typical word processors adding junk, can't re-use for headings, can't compare versions
 
== Progressive learning ==
 
* <nowiki>= heading 1 =</nowiki>
* <nowiki>* Bullet point</nowiki>
* <nowiki>[[Wiki link]]</nowiki>
* View source to learn from others
* Edit sections to compartmentalize changes
 
Brackets must be matched!!!!
 
== Elements of markup ==
 
* Headings, bullets, tables, dividers
** HTML code - http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page
* Links - onsite and off
* Templates
 
= Semantic =
 
Adding meaning through relationships.
 
* Triples - expressing relationships
** Subject, predicate, object
 
* David lives in Montreal.
** David: Subject
** Lives in: predicate
** Montreal: object
 
* Montreal is a city.
* A city is a place.
* Montréal is the English spelling of Montréal.
 
== Web of data ==
 
* The text is the database.
 
* Making statements across web sites.
* Creating views based on multiple web sites.
 
 
== Licensing ==


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