From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Tue Jan 21 2003 - 11:17:46 MST
> (Reason <reason@exratio.com>):
> How easy are Wikis to hook into other data flows? For example, is a
> Wiki-mailing list or Wiki-Forum hybrid with automated cross-posting a viable
> beastie?
A Wiki isn't a data "flow" at all. It's a data buildup. That's its
purpose: progressive refinement of a set of hyperlinked documents.
Each document does have an attached discussion page, and the Wikipedia
software in particular lets you e-mail authors, and contributors are
generally on a mailing list as well, but the Wiki itself isn't about
discussion for its own sake, its about resolution.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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