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'''Wiki code''' enables the [[ | '''Wiki code''' enables the [[Content Wiki]] and [[Opinion Wiki]]. Choices we make about it will guide the [[Consumerium Software License]] and likely also the [[software development process]] - probably in ways we can't easily change or undo later. With so many '''alternate wiki implementations''' out there, it is important to sort through the advantages and disadvantages of each. | ||
This starts by considering the [[wikitext standard]] that our present text is in: Currently 3 out of 20 of our registered users are registered [[MediaWiki]] developers, which makes our percentage of developers among users '''15%''', which is likely the highest figure any public MediaWiki installation can boost so that is an good incentive to try to adapt MediaWiki for our use over other wikis. However they might just be here ''because'' we are using MediaWiki, so, it is important to make clear that one of the things the [[R&D Wiki]] is doing is ''choosing'' what technology best fits our [[hardware requirements]] later. | This starts by considering the [[wikitext standard]] that our present text is in: Currently 3 out of 20 of our registered users are registered [[MediaWiki]] developers, which makes our percentage of developers among users '''15%''', which is likely the highest figure any public MediaWiki installation can boost so that is an good incentive to try to adapt MediaWiki for our use over other wikis. However they might just be here ''because'' we are using MediaWiki, so, it is important to make clear that one of the things the [[R&D Wiki]] is doing is ''choosing'' what technology best fits our [[hardware requirements]] later. | ||
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<th>[[MediaWiki]]</th><th>[[ | <th>[[MediaWiki]]</th><th>[[TikiWiki]]</th><th>[[MoinMoin]]</th> | ||
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*Not humanly possible for [[end user feedback]] to reach developers reliably | *Not humanly possible for [[end user feedback]] to reach developers reliably | ||
*PHP based | *PHP based | ||
*Proven to perform well under heavy load - but with hard limits | *Proven to perform well under heavy load - but with hard limits | ||
* | *Most likely basis for [[wikitext standard]] | ||
*Working now for R&D purposes | *Working now for R&D purposes | ||
*Dedicated developers heavily involved in content problems, although they are in general [[Wikipedia]] content problems | *Dedicated developers heavily involved in content problems, although they are in general [[Wikipedia]] content problems | ||
*Readable documentation, thanks to the above | *Readable documentation, thanks to the above | ||
*A higher ratio of developers (15% of registered users) registered in [[consumerium]] | |||
*supports [[MySQL]] only | *supports [[MySQL]] only | ||
*already converted into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TomeRaider TomeRaider format] for off-line browsing on many [[handheld device]]s | *already converted into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TomeRaider TomeRaider format] for off-line browsing on many [[handheld device]]s | ||
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* | *Not humanly possible for [[end user feedback]] to reach developers at all - form for describing [[wiki feature request]] incomprehensible even to a [[usability guru]] | ||
*PHP based | *PHP based | ||
* | *meets ''many'' standards ([[CSS]], [[XHTML]], [[RDF]] | ||
*Relies on [[pear.php.net]], [[smarty.php.net]] | *Relies on [[pear.php.net]], [[smarty.php.net]] | ||
*email/forums (and integration) built-in | *email/forums (and integration) built-in | ||
* | *Group management built-in | ||
*chat support intended | |||
*Visualization of wiki-links | *Visualization of wiki-links | ||
* | *Polls built in | ||
* | *Many developers doing lots of detail work on CM and CMS | ||
* | *supports Postgres, Oracle, Sybase and [[SQLite]] (built in PHP 5.0!) databases not just MySQL - strategic to integrate with some [[essential projects]] | ||
*developers [[eat their own dog food]] = run current beta as their live site for all development, so any problem is immediately obvious to every developer | *developers [[eat their own dog food]] = run current beta as their live site for all development, so any problem is immediately obvious to every developer | ||
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