Essential features

The estential features of a wiki according to Ward Cunningham are:


 * That all users are invited to edit or create new pages, merely using their browsers.


 * It promotes meaninful topic associations among pages. Shows user whether that place (topic) exisits or not.


 * Wikis were not intended for casual use. It was intended to invovle the visitor in an on-going process of creation and collaboration.


 * It provides fast retrieval
 * Fast built-in search
 * Links are page titles


 * Note: The main idea behind the first wiki was for to allow software geeks to interact online by sharing ideas.

Other features


 * Means of orgainizing and interlinking knowledge (through hyperlinks)


 * Claims to be "inherently democratic"


 * Does not require a specialized knowledge of any software or uderlying mechanisim of how a particular wiki works.

Useful wiki according to Ward Cunningham:


 * Simple naviagtion model and easy cross-linking. So that concepts are a "click-away."


 * Adding/editing content similarly a "click-away."


 * Universal access to changing content.


 * Includes internal search that quickly retrieves material.


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