The Future of Semantic Wikis
User Interface
Applications having semantic wiki spirit but not called “wiki”:
Google Docs, Intranet-aware OpenOffice, Microsoft SharePoint
No more wiki text syntax for normal users
Alternatives: WYSIWYG M XHTML+RDFa editing, Semantic Forms
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Adequately mapping complex knowledge structures onto page-
granular wiki architecture ( deep annotation, refactoring, . . . ?)
(So far: page = base unit of editing, versioning, linking, search)
more expressive reasoning vs. maintaining consistency
(Identified as a challenge years ago, but not too many results yet!)
Christoph Lange (Jacobs University Bremen) March 3, 2009 1