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What is a Wiki? #


  • a technology for collaborative creation of internet and intranet pages
  • Wiki-Wiki is hawaii and means fast

Principles #

  • Fast - fast editing, communicating and easy to learn

  • Open - everybody may read and edit everything
  • Uncomplicated - everything works in a standard browser
  • Easy - no HTML knowledge necessary, simply formatted text
  • Simple - Content over Form (content counts, not the super-pretty appearance)
  • Secure - every change is archived, nothing gets lost
  • Interlinked - Links between pages are easy to make
  • Flexible
    • Personal Information Management, Knowledgebases, Brainstorming
    • Collaboration, Coordination and Communication platform
    • Creating documentation and slide shows ;)
    • etc...


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