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Open-source online software developer Ward Cunningham in 1994 describes Wiki as: “The simplest online database that could possibly

work.”

Penny Edwards (2007) defines Wiki: “A wiki is a website whose page(s) and content can be collectively created, structured, viewed, and/or edited, by users with corresponding permissions, removing the distinction between author and reader. “

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Chat

Announcements

Document sharing

Editing

SavingEmail

ProsFree Commercial wiki software relatively inexpensiveSimple to useAllows for readily accessible

documentation storage and retrieval Many-to-many communication

Open collaborationTransparency

User only permission controls

ConsFree wiki software

Lack securityLook non-

professionalMgmt:

Maintain corporate culture-top-to-bottom

Cost to implement &

maintainIT Fear loss of Control“Geek” factor new users scared by the technology

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Organized visual listing of MediaWiki Software

General Information:Creator, Cost, Open source, Multilingual

Target Audience:Public, Private, Corporate. Educational

Features:File uploading, SPAM prevention, User-customizable interface,Web Feeds, Plug-ins

Wikis In the Workplace by Ezra Goodnoe

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The Business Wiki: Wiki in the Workplace by Daniel Nationshttp://webtrends.about.com/od/office20/a/enterprise.20.htm

How Wikis Work by Marshall Brainhttp://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/wiki.htm

Why Wikis Should be a Standard Workplace Toolwww.gilyehuda.com/2009/06/04/why-wikis-should-be-a-standard-work-place-tool/

Media Wiki Limits Enterprise 2.0http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/09/25/mediawiki-limits-e20/

http://www.wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki

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