thillman 's List: What about Wiki's?

• A wiki is a kind of computer software that allows users to create, edit, and link web pages easily.
• Wiki Wiki (/wiːkiː wiːkiː/) is a reduplication of wiki, a Hawaiian word for fast.
• Ward Cunningham started developing WikiWikiWeb in 1994, and installed it on the Internet domain c2.com on March 25, 1995.
• Cunningham was in part inspired by Apple's HyperCard.

• Editing wiki pages

   

  Ordinarily, the structure and formatting of wiki pages are specified with a simplified markup language, sometimes known as "wikitext". For example, starting a line of text with an asterisk ("*") is often used to enter it in a bulleted list. The style and syntax of wikitexts can vary greatly among wiki implementations, some of which also allow HTML tags.

   

  The reason for taking this approach is that HTML, with its many cryptic tags, is not very legible, making it hard to edit. Wikis therefore favour plain text editing, with fewer and simpler conventions than HTML, for indicating style and structure.

          

  MediaWiki syntax	Equivalent HTML	Rendered output
  "Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.    "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone: "so I can't take more."    "You mean you can't take ''less''," said the Hatter: "it's very easy to take ''more'' than nothing."	<p>"Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.</p>     <p>"I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone: "so I can't take more."</p>    <p>"You mean you can't take <i>less</i>," said the Hatter: "it's very easy to take <i>more</i> than nothing."</p>	"Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.  "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone: "so I can't take more."   "You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter: "it's very easy to take more than nothing."

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• the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

• PlanetMath's content is created collaboratively
• All of the entries are automatically cross-referenced with each other, and the entire corpus is kept updated in real-time.

• • Listed by 'back-end' technology.
    
    Each technology has different features that impact their respective wiki's.
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• TiddlyWiki is a HTML/JavaScript-based server-less wiki in which the entire site is contained in a single file.
• MediaWiki was custom-designed for the high-volume Wikipedia encyclopedia project; it is also used for all other projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. It is written in PHP and uses a MySQL or PostgreSQL database backend; however it is publicly available and suitable for tailoring to other applications.
• Instiki is a Wiki clone written in Ruby.

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• A "wiki farm" is a server or an array of servers that provides hosting for a wiki, or a group of wikis hosted on such servers. Wiki farms are also known as 'hosted wiki service providers'.
• JotSpot Wiki [16] Free Build wiki applications, WYSIWYG editor, search MS attachments, email integration. Free version limited to 20 pages and 5 users. Recently purchased by Google (as of 1 Nov 06) - which stated will no longer charge for services once the integration is done. Custom  
• PBwiki [29] Free/paid Password-protected wikis on .pbwiki.com subdomain. No page limits, SSL, RSS & Atom, ZIP backups, diffs, six wiki "skins", file uploads, page hiding, page locking. Over 350,000 wikis hosted. No page hierarchies. No page permission settings. Free accounts limited to 10 MB. Custom   All HTML,^[1]
   JavaScript,
   LaTeX formulas
• Wetpaint [42] Free (with google ads) WYSIWYG editing (only), custom page hierarchies, Comment and Reply forums with comment ratings, access control, keyword search, tags, tag filtering, skins, RSS, page locking, profiles, site activity report, page and comment watching. No page permission settings. No changes preview. Supported browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox. Custom, Java-based Creative Commons  No HTML,^[1]
   Unknown script
   No formulas

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• Educators
• • Increase student engagement using a safe online wiki.
   
  • Stop waiting for IT to make an easy-to-update web space!
   
  • Create a no-hassle way to showcase my students' work online.
   
  • No IT required.

• • Pbwiki markup guide

• • Example education wiki