Structured wiki

Structured wiki

Structured wikis provide database-like manipulation of fields stored on pages, and usually offer an extraction and presentation language or markup with functionality somewhat similar to SQL.

Introduction

Wikis are typically used as shared whiteboards that allow users to add, remove, or otherwise edit all content very quickly and easily. The ease of interaction and operation makes a plain wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing and to share knowledge.

Database systems are not so much suited to collaboratively maintain content, but they contain highly structured data, offer easy reporting, and support workflow.

A structured wiki combines the benefits of the seemingly contradicting worlds of plain wikis and database systems. This gives you a collaborative database environment where knowledge can be shared freely, and where structure can be added "as needed". In a structured wiki, users can create wiki applications that are very specific to their needs, such as call center status boards, to-do lists, inventory systems, employee handbooks, bug trackers, blog applications and more.

Comparing Plain Wikis, Database Systems and Structured Wikis

Structured Wiki Engines

* TWiki
* XWiki
* Trac, for the special case of ticketing, but flexible ticket types allow any content.
* TikiWiki CMS/Groupware

See also

General background:
* Wiki

Specific to "structured wiki":
* Wiki application
* Situational application

Similar

* Semantic wiki: wiki combined with formal knowledge representation and querying (which are features of the Semantic Web concept)
* Other wikis with simple database features that haven't been properly called "structured wikis" (or "semantic wikis"), but add and database-like features to basic wiki engines:
** MediaWiki
** , a MediaWiki extension which allows the generation of lists from complex queries on categories, s, and/or articles (e.g., union, intersection).
** OmegaWiki (formerly WiktionaryZ) builds a specialized database into MediaWiki

References, external links

* " [http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/StructuredWiki Structured Wiki] " article from the [http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/WebHome TWiki Co-development Web]


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