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Everything about Wiki software

Software to run a collaborative wiki

Wiki software is collaborative software that runs a wiki, which allows the users to create and collaboratively edit pages or entries via a web browser. A wiki system is usually a web application that runs on one or more web servers. The content, including previous revisions, is usually stored in either a file system or a database. Wikis are a type of web content management system, and the most commonly supported off-the-shelf software that web hosting facilities offer. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Wiki softwareA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: The SCP Foundation Wiki as Meta-Worldbuilding: Focusing on the Post-Mimetic Properties of Media SoftwareInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: WikinomicsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Collaborative Learning in a Wiki Environment: Experiences from a software engineering courseCited 77 times
  5. Go sideways: List of wiki softwareA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Semantic wikiA closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Data compatibility
  3. Types of usage
  4. Editing
  5. Hosted application
  6. Additional features

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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