NDLI: Wiki grows up: arbitrary data models, access control, and beyond

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Priedhorsky, Reid Terveen, Loren
Abstract	Ward Cunningham's vision for the wiki was that it would be "the simplest online database that could possibly work". We consider here a common manifestation of simplicity: the assumption that the objects in a wiki that can be edited (e.g., Wikipedia articles) are relatively independent. As wiki applications in new domains emerge, however, this assumption is no longer tenable. In wikis where the objects of interest are highly interdependent (e.g., geographic wikis), fundamental concepts like the revision and undoing must be refined. This is particularly so when fine-grained access control is required (as in enterprise wikis or wikis to support collaboration between citizens and government officials). We explore these issues in the context of the Cyclopath geowiki and present solutions that we have designed and have implemented or are implementing.
Starting Page	63
Ending Page	71
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450309097
DOI	10.1145/2038558.2038570
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2011-10-03
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Access control Geowikis Wikis Data models Geographic wikis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Wiki grows up: arbitrary data models, access control, and beyond