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OpenWikiConnectivity (aka OWC)

(the equivalent of ODBC for databases)

Back to the Architecture page.

Goal

• not being stuck with one implementation
• stay flexible.
• be able to build modules for my wiki (currently pmwiki) that would still work with other wikis and that

Example : if tomorrow I want to move to mediawiki I would just generate a mediawiki instance with all my data and my modules without rewritting everything

Wiki wrapper/abstraction interface/general API

• XML RPC
  • MoinMoin
  • DokuWiki experimental
• wikigateway

Shared wiki techniques

• SisterWiki
• InterWiki links
• Wikicreole

Shared Internet techniques

• microformats
• RPC
• API calls
• WebDAV

References

• Notes on Using Wiki Systems as Information Back-Ends for E-Learning Applications during Wikimania 2006
• Discussions on the #wiki channel of the freenode IRC network

To explore

• Fluidinfo : the database with the heart of a wiki (supposed to start early 2009)
• Wooki: a P2P Wiki by Pascal Molli
• Wikimania 2008
• MediaWiki API : auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page