2 Nov 2004
CS 5244: New Media for the DL
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Wiki Properties
nExtremely easy to add a link
ˇUse CamelCase
ˇIf page with title “CamelCase” doesn’t exist, it will be
created as a stub
nA collaboration tool for webpages
ˇCurrently hampered by non-WYSIWYG editing (need to know HTML)
nNavigation and linking difficult
ˇAnarchic link policy too loose
nMost sites impose guidelines (although most not
enforced)
ˇRecency difficult to see
ˇRefactoring (page restructuring) necessary