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--- computer_basics:what_is_a_wiki_slides [2012/10/23 18:56] – mithat
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 ====== What is a Wiki? ======
-//"A wiki is a Web application whose content is collaboratively added, updated, and organized by its users."// (Mitchell)
+Mithat Konar
+-03-11
+===== Definitions =====
+  * **wiki**: //"a Web application whose content is collaboratively added, updated, and organized by its users."// (Mitchell)
+    * Emphasis in a wiki is on:
+      * Letting all users create pages quickly.
+      * Making it easy to link pages to each other.
+  * **wiki engine**: the program that runs a wiki
+  * **wiki markup language**: simple text-based system for writing pages.
-The emphasis in a wiki is on:
-  * Letting all users create pages quickly.
-  * Making it easy to link pages to each other.
 ===== History =====
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 ===== Easy writing =====
-The central feature of a wiki is that it "//supports hyperlinks and has a **simple text syntax** for creating **new pages** and **crosslinks between internal pages** on the fly.//" (Wiki: What Is Wiki, emphasis added)
+  * Each wiki engine tends to have its own markup language.
+    * [[http://www.wikicreole.org/|Creole]]: an attempt to create a standard markup language for wikis.
-  * **wiki markup language**: a simple text-based system for writing pages.
+  * Central features of a wiki writing system: (from Wiki: What Is Wiki)
-  * **wiki engine**: the program that runs a wiki
+    * supports hyperlinks
-  * Each wiki engine tends to have its own markup language--but with similar features.
+    * has simple text syntax
-  * [[http://www.wikicreole.org/|Creole]]: an attempt to create a standard markup language for wikis.
+      * for creating new pages
+      * for creating crosslinks between internal pages
 ===== Easy writing =====
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   * [[http://lionwiki.0o.cz/|LionWiki]]
   * [[http://www.pmwiki.org/|PmWiki]]
+  * [[http://www.mediawiki.org|MediaWiki]]
+[[computer_basics:what_is_a_wiki|Ξ]]
 ===== References =====
 Mitchell, Scott. "Easy Wiki Hosting, Scott Hanselman's blog, and Snagging Screens." MSDN | Microsoft Development, Subscriptions, Resources, and More. Microsoft, Inc., 1 July 2008. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc700339.aspx>.