The Austrian way of Wiki(pedia)!: development of a structured Wiki-based encyclopedia within a local Austrian context

  • Authors:
  • Christoph Trattner;Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi;Denis Helic;Helmut Leitner

  • Affiliations:
  • Graz University of Technology, Austria;Graz University of Technology, Austria;Graz University of Technology, Austria;Graz University of Technology, Austria

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Although the success of online encyclopedias such as Wiki-pedia is indisputable, researchers have questioned usefulness of Wikipedia in educational settings. Problems such as copy&paste syndrome, unchecked quality, or fragmentation of knowledge have been recognized as serious drawbacks for a wide spread application of Wikipedia in universities or high schools. In this paper we present a Wiki-based encyclopedia called Austria-Forum that aims to combine openness and collaboration aspects of Wikipedia with approaches to build a structured, quality inspected, and context-sensitive online encyclopedia. To ensure tractability of the publishing process the system focuses on providing information within a local Austrian context. It is our experience that such an approach represents a first step of a proper application of online encyclopedias in educational settings.