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WONDERFUL WIKIS. the beauty the ugliness AND the power of mass information. WHAT ARE WIKIS?. A wiki is a page or collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language .
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WONDERFULWIKIS the beauty the ugliness AND the power of massinformation
WHATAREWIKIS? • A wiki is a page or collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. • Also known as “Collaborative websites” • E.g. Wikipedia
BACKGROUND • First Wiki created in 1995 by Ward Cunningham – called WikiWikiWeb • WikiWikiWeblet software developers create a library of “software patterns” • In the early 2000s, wikis were increasingly adopted in enterprise as collaborative software • Today some companies utilize wikis as their only collaborative software and as a replacement for static intranets Ward Cunningham
BENEFITSOFWIKIS • The wiki has no predetermined structure - consequently it is a flexible tool which can be used for a wide range of applications • Widens access to the power of web publishing to non-technical users • People located in different parts of the world can work on the same document – encourages collaborative working