PRESENTATION ON WIKIPRESENTATION ON WIKIBYBY

FABULOUS FOURFABULOUS FOUR

• KRISHNA MOHAN GUNDAVARAPU• JAYESH NARANI• ANIL KUMAR TODU• PUVVADI KISHORE

Wiki-DefinitionWiki-Definition““Wiki is a piece of server software Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text hyperlinks and has a simple text

syntax for creating new pages and syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages crosslinks between internal pages

on the fly”on the fly”

-WARD CUNNINGHAM -WARD CUNNINGHAM

EVOLUTIONEVOLUTION• Wiki was first designed and developed by Ward cunnigham in 1995• The first Wiki site was developed for

portland pattern repository which creates web pages using pattern languages

• The word wiki was named after the wikiwiki(quick) shuttle that runs between terminals in honolulu airport

• WikiWikiWeb was the first site to be called a wiki

Need of Wiki Need of Wiki • While creating web pages for intranet, it

was difficult for the web developers to link pages,navigate and edit them because no other technology was adapted then except using basic htmls

• Wiki supports all the features of editing linking,navigating and even supports creating new pages by users which it acceptable and adaptable since then

Features of WikiFeatures of Wiki• Editing web pages• Linking and creating pages• Navigating• Information on pages will be

accurate and dynamic• Information is safe and secure thus

allowing integrity of data

Access levels of wikiAccess levels of wiki

There are certain levelsOf working access in wiki • Only the people working with the project can

access wiki• Communication through links by embedding them

in the common collaboration pages• Open to people to view and editAll these access permissions can be done trough proper Authentication

Types of WikisTypes of Wikis• There are several types of wikis based on the

scripting language you choose to create the web page

• The most commonly used scripting wikis are java based, java script

based, perl based, php based,p2p wikis• Php wikis are used on server systems and p2p wikis are used to connect web pages to external web pages

Importing data and Importing data and HyperlinkingHyperlinking

• Data Importation is one of the key feature of wiki thorugh which we can get data from external source.

eg:if user need a piece of information from wikipedia s/he can access and get the info to your web page.one example of this is Universal Wiki converter which imports and converts the data into the format required

• Using wikis we can also connect to the web pages that’s out of our domain by using hyperlink technology

eg:if the user wants to visit google s/he will be automatically redirected by clicking the link which is embedded in the web page

Transparency in wikisTransparency in wikis• Transparency is a key feature which allows

communication among web pages and their collaboration

• Transparency means a system after change’s been made supports its previous framework changing its internal behaviour for which the change is made

• In general transparency is making the change invisible and allowing the user access to the facility for which the change’s done

ADVANTAGES OF WIKIADVANTAGES OF WIKI• OPEN EDITING• ITS EASE TO ACCES AND EDIT WEB

PAGES• CAN KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE UPDATIONS MADE• PEOPLE CAN COMMUNICATE FROM

DIFFERENT LOCATIONS• NON TECHNICAL USERS MAY ALSO EASILY ACCESS AND EDIT THE WEBPAGES

DISADVANTAGES OF WIKIDISADVANTAGES OF WIKI• ITS OPENNESS may give a chance to

each and every one to edit thus resulting in non integration of data

• No programming can be done on wiki pages

• Unstructured• Its flexibility cause information

disorganised

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION• WIKIS ARE VERY GOOD AND QUICK IN

COMMUNICATION WHEN COMPARED TO EMAIL COLLABORATION in a corporate intranet