A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and note services. The software can also be used for personal notetaking. This book is your ultimate resource for Wikis. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Wikis right away, covering: Wiki, List of biological wikis, List of wikis, Apache Wave, Babbel, Ballotpedia, Biographicon, Bliki, Choral Public Domain Library, CoalSwarm, Comparison of wiki software, Connectipedia, CoSyne: Multilingual Content Synchronization with Wikis, Creole (markup), Ward Cunningham, DavisWiki, Enterprise wiki, Gene Wiki, Geo-wiki, Giant Bomb, HistoAtlas, History of wikis, IBM History Flow tool, Intellipublia, International Music Score Library Project, List of Wiki markups, Metababy, Mexican Pirate wikiParty, Mobile wiki, Nespos, NotePub, Opasnet, Open protein structure annotation network, Peer-to-peer wiki, RecentChangesCamp, ScraperWiki, Trillium Report, Universal Edit Button, Wiki markup, The Wiki Way, Wikifonia, Wikifood, Wikijob, Wikimania, WikiMapia, Wikipedia, Wikis and education, Wikisource, WikiSym, Wikitorial, Wiktionary This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Wikis. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Wikis with the objectivity of experienced professionals.