Dandelion: supporting coordinated, collaborative authoring in Wikis

  • Authors:
  • Changyan Chi;Michelle X. Zhou;Min Yang;Wenpeng Xiao;Yiqin Yu;Xiaohua Sun

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Research - China, Beijing, China;IBM Research - China, Beijing, China;IBM Research - China, Beijing, China;IBM Research - China, Beijing, China;IBM Research - China, Beijing, China;IBM Research - China, Beijing, China

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Dandelion is a tool that extends wikis to support coordinated, collaborative authoring using a tag-based approach. Specifically, users can insert tags in a wiki page to specify various co-authoring tasks. These tags can then be executed to help drive and manage the collaboration workflow, and provide content-centric collaboration awareness for all the co-authors. Four successful pilot deployments and positive user feedback show the practical value of Dandelion, especially its value in supporting a structured, collaborative authoring process often seen in business settings.