A software package that implements a Wi Ki.
They vary in the specific features they offer.
WikiWikiWeb:WikiEngines
singular: Wiki Engine
Should note how the "main" ones handle various possible Wiki Standards:
Wiki Name rules
Remote Wiki Links handling
Smart Ascii type, ability to include/mix HTML
See WikiWikiWeb:WikiEngineReview
also huge table (even comparing Smart Ascii rules) at Wiki Matrix http://www.wikimatrix.org
It would be nice if there were some shortlist of the "most popular" choices (in terms of "number of sites" or "number of public sites" or something...).
on the other hand, for a techie who likes to get his hands dirty, the first criterion should probably be the underlying language/platform. I feel the same way about Content Management System selection.
WikiWikiWeb:QuickiWiki, WikiWikiWeb:WikiBase - Pe Rl - the original
Camel Case only(?)
no WikiWikiWeb:InterWikiMap support!
WikiWikiWeb:TextFormattingRules
- doubled and tripled single-quotes for italic and bold - yuk
- don't double-break for bullet list
no HTML support
RSS: Wiki Wiki Web doesn't have a feed (though there's at least one 3rd-party scraping available); Quicki Wiki does not appear to have feed support.
standard Camel Case support, plus square brackets
Remote Wiki URL, each remote wiki must have its own page
Structured Text, plus can use HTML
- double-linebreaks, even within bullet list
- asterisks/doubled for italic/bold
Use Mod (used by Meatball Wiki): Pe Rl
Camel Case, plus can use doubled square brackets
InterWikiDocumentation - uses single Inter Map page listing - wiki site name needs initial cap but doesn't need to be Camel Case!
TextFormattingRules - HTML tags for bold/italic (in addition to the lotsa-Single Quote style)
RSS: uses v1 (RDF) - for 3 days of changes use http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?action=rss&days=1 ; uses 'dc:contributor' for item author (with name in 'rdf:value'; no email); uses 'dc:date' like '2003-11-19T07:14:01+00:00'
Blue Oxen/Purple Wiki (Pe Rl, based on Use Mod)
BlueOxen:TextFormattingRules variant of Use Mod rules
unique(?) Smart Ascii rules - KWiki:KwikiFormattingRules
Social Text (Pe Rl, not based on KWiki)
unique Smart Ascii rules
TWiki (WikiWikiWeb:TwikiClone): Pe Rl
Wiki Dot Net (C#, Ms Dot Net)
Media Wiki: runs Wiki Pedia (PHP) -
Moin Moin (Py Thon): seems to have a nice architecture for macros, parsers, etc.; see HelpOnFormatting and InterWiki
- really heavy use of single-quotes for italic/bold
- asterisks with no linebreaks (but with leading space?) to make bullet points
external links - use square brackets to contain URI then space then label
- ....
Piki Piki (Py Thon) was the basis for Moin Moin (and some other WikiEngines). Less-featured, but smaller.
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/EditingTips - similar to Moin Moin of course, hate those single-quotes. But at this point I think I have to give up and think of them as one of the Wiki Standards.
Pp Qwiki (Py Thon) inspired by QWiki specifically designed for personal use. Even has some Free Mind support.
yuck uses some sort of frames interface, which will really suck on a tiny Sharp Zaurus screen!
though it does seem to have a way to hide those menus, and maybe I could hack the code...
Odd Muse - Pe Rl, used by Emacs Wiki and Community Wiki
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