WikiNext, a JavaScript wiki with semantic features

  • Authors:
  • Pavel Arapov;Michel Buffa

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Nice, France;University of Nice, France

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

WikiNext, is a semantic wiki prototype written in JavaScript, from database to server and client code. It is not in competition with wikis like Semantic Media Wiki, but more a test bed for new ideas. Every wiki page is an application that keeps a Web Socket open with the server, enabling incremental saves or collaborative editions using Google wave like algorithms. Using JavaScript on the whole chain of operations avoids data transformation from/to different formats like in traditional approaches (Objects, JSON/XML, and SQL). WikiNext uses JavaScript distributed objects and includes an IDE to write JS applications within wiki pages.