Wikis used in business

December 9, 2005. Wikis are being used in business for collaborative development of ideas by teams. At the 2005 STC Annual Conference, there was a presentation titled “Wikis for Supporting Distributed Collaborative Writing.”

The authors explain that wikis allow distributed teams to collaboratively write and edit documents without the need for knowlege of HTML or specail tools. The flexibility of a wiki technology enhances cooperative work by large teams. The information
architecture of a wiki site may be created "on the fly" by all participants. Some perceive the architecture to be difficult. The presentation addressed the basic technology of wikis, advantages and disadvantages, and information design concerns. The presentation is at:
http://www.stc.org/52ndConf/sessionMaterial/dataShow.asp?ID=108.

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