Christopher Allen has posted brief reviews of a number of wiki products. For those who have not heard of wikis, a wiki is a system, similar to a content management system, that allows multiple users to edit a site using a browser (some require accounts and authentication, others allow anyone to edit anything). Changes are stored, and the the site can be rolled back to a previous state, if needed. One of the more interesting examples of a wiki is the WikiPedia, an encyclopedia created by thousands of volunteers.
I haven't had much of a chance to play with wikis, but I think they can be great collaboration spaces for small teams. I've even heard of companies using them as the basis for an intranet.
Posted by Karl
February 25, 2004 09:27 AM