aka [Wiki Sphere]; parallel to BlogWeb, the universe of (clusters of) Wiki Space-s. (To think of Wiki-like links across WebApp-s, see AppWiki!)

List of mechanisms of linking across wikis... these can have value among both loose communities of interest and multiple wikis run within the same formal organization. See Wiki Standards.

For techniques above that generate connections automatically, how many wikis should be included?

Maybe just those (~12) from your Creative Network. (Maybe you're a member of more than 1.)

But even with 1 other wiki, a Wiki Word can be vague enough to have different meanings in the 2 contexts.

So This actually raises the idea of using messier/richer techniques for sloppy association of sub-wikis. "Apply the WikiWeb techniques above to the nodes in [RossM]'s wiki that are "close" to the Social Software node, to the nodes in [JackS]'s wiki that are "close'" to the [Education Theory] node...." You could use a link-distance calculation (Wiki Distance), or something based on fulltext analysis...

Another idea is to allow stupid linking, but use a richer interface that would make "false" matches more obvious. Say a Touch Graph/Idea Graph view that showed your Cast node linking to [PeterJ]'s Cast node, but you would see that [PeterJ]'s other nodes connected to Cast were about Metalsmithing, while your nodes close to Cast were about Theater. So you'd just ignore that signal.

How will Group Forming Networks work? (small-scale WikiWeb)

context: Social Software Alliance, Wiki Standards

meta-ramble: I'm not interested in creating Virtual Community for its own sake via WiKi. The Hyper Text shaping of [Information Space] imposes an implicit ModEl over its nodes. I find it hard to achieve Coher Ence/Converg Ence outside the following situations:

• a single mind - a Thinking Space

• a small TelIc group grounded by Action Able outcomes/MissIon - Team Work

assume: everyone smart has their own personal WikiLog (Spreading Wikiweblog)

• and maybe a Private Wiki as well

• probably Multiple Thinking Spaces

Life Cycle:

• start on your own

  • some ideas are on your Private Wiki, some are on your WikiLog

  • you start thinking deeply about a specific idea, make separate space for it? Or use Sub Pages?

• find like minds

  • typically blog discovery process

  • monitor via RSS

  • add them to your Sister Sites list

• form group to accomplish something (including Making A Living?)

• work together (80% of time)

• share revenue

• disband

how work together?

shared Team Wiki (hosted where?)

• coherent common sense (Shared Vision)

• focused ConText

• shared To Do List

• Remote Wiki U R L defined for each member's personal site

  • Sister Sites for all member sites (CommunityWiki:SubsetWiki) (Overlapping Scopes Of Collaboration)

  • server-side aggregated all-members Recent Changes view (not incl local pages) ([Near Recent Changes])

EMail for discussion (Wiki Mail) (Email Discussion Beside Wiki)

• author in Smart Ascii

• first line or Remote Wiki U R L-like line defines default wiki Name Space

• shared global archive? how avoid having everyone receive everything?

with no archive

• send Smart Ascii

• Rich Client (MozIlla) renders to HTML, links [Wiki Names] to appropriate namespace, and views HTML

• Reply gives body of original Smart Ascii, not HTML

with archive:

• same as without archive, but also...

• put message's archive URI at the top of the body

• insert Purple Numbers bits

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