Next Gen Wikis
Mixing Content-Oriented Applications with Wikis
Vincent Massol
XWiki SAS
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AGENDA
> What is a Wiki 2.0?
> Demo
> Runtime Dev Platform
> Wiki Future

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AGENDA
> What is a Wiki 2.0?
> Demo
> Runtime Dev Platform
> Future

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Wiki 1.0

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Wiki 2.0: What for?

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Wiki 2.0: Custom L&F

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Wiki 2.0: Custom views

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Wiki 2.0: Document Metadata

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Wiki 2.0: Structured Content

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Wiki 2.0: Intranet

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Wiki 2.0: Custom Views

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Wiki 2.0: Document Metadata

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Wiki 2.0 Characteristics

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Long Tail of Applications
Excel of
the web
Second Generation Wikis

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AGENDA
> What is a Wiki 2.0?
> Demo
> Runtime Dev Platform
> Future

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Demo

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AGENDA
> What is a Wiki 2.0?
> Demo
> Runtime Dev Platform
> Future

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Platform Services

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Platform Services
REST
GWT

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Service: Rendering Engine
 Polyglot wiki
> XWiki 1.0 syntax
> XWiki 2.0 syntax
> Confluence syntax
> TWiki syntax
> MediaWiki syntax
> Creole 1.0 syntax
> Etc
 Round tripping between wiki
syntax and XHTML
 Conversion between syntaxes
 Available as a standalone library

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Pros of a Runtime Dev Platform
 Iterative, Organic, Need-based
 Online immediately (no deployment needed)
 Works from day one, immediate feedbacks
 Work collaboratively on creating applications
> Designers can style while devs create logic

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AGENDA
> What is a Wiki 2.0?
> Demo
> Runtime Dev Platform
> Future

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Future of Wiki 2.0/XWiki
 P2P and Offline Wikis
> XWiki Concerto: http://concerto.xwiki.org
 Real time collaboration
> Plugin in alpha in XWiki's WYSIWYG editor
 Annotations
> Ability to select a portion of text and annotate
 Mobile Wiki
 Semantic Wiki
 IDE-like dev tools in the wiki
> POC: Bespin integration in XWiki
 More social features
 Merge of CMS and Wikis

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Q&A
Me

Vincent Massol http://massol.net
http://xwiki.org
http://xwiki.com
XWiki SAS vincent@xwiki.com
contact@xwiki.com

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Community: Activity (1/2)
Downloads Releases (2008)

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Community: Activity (2/2)
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