[REBOL] Re: Wiki (was) Re: beginner's docs missing on RT'swebsite
From: dness:home at: 22-Jun-2001 12:49
Dr. Louis A. Turk
wrote:
> I have read about Wiki many times on this list, but I have no idea what
> Wiki is or does. I am getting more and more curious. Would someone please
> educate me?
>
I'll take a shot at it.
A `Wiki' is an idea apparently attributable to Ward Cunningham, one of the
principals in the `Extreme Programming' business.
A Wiki is a collection of linked pages. Everyone is free to:
(1) read the pages and follow the links as they wish;
(2) edit the material in any way they feel appropriate, usually
by adding further information, but occasionally also by removing
erroneous text, etc.
Over time the pages just `grow' and occasionally someone will tackle the
problem of reorganizing.
So far there's no mystery to it. The unusual aspect of the contribution,
however, is the use of `Wiki Names'. These are words that have unusual
capitalization. For example `DavidNess' is such a word, as is `RebolLanguage'
Words of this kind are _automatically_ cross-indexed and hyperlinked.
So basically a `wiki' serves as a collection of hyperlinked text pages, all
modifiable and cross-linked, that can `grow' to express our understanding
of some particular subject.
For an introduction see:
http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors
