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Subject: RE: [regrep] Wiki + ebXML Registry + REST technology
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [regrep] Wiki + ebXML Registry + REST technology
From: "Farrukh S. Najmi" <farrukh@wellfleetsoftware.com>
Date: Wed, February 28, 2007 5:21 pm
To: "David RR Webber (XML)" <david@drrw.info>
Cc: "regrep@lists.oasis-open.org" <regrep@lists.oasis-open.org>
Thanks for pointing this subtlety out. I am still a little unclear on
what you envision.
Perhaps a crisp use case scenario or two might get me to understand better?
Thanks in advance.
David RR Webber (XML) wrote:
> Farrukh,
>
> The point is not that registry is backend store for wiki - I realized
> early back two+ years ago - that wiki already has all the archiving
> and storage it needs + management control features and web content
> metaphor (HTML) - and that basic use case of storage medium is not enough.
>
> Back to 2007 - Wiki clearly is the new "Google / MySpace / Skype"
> buzzword - and so there's a scramble on to deliver enhanced Wiki
> solutions.
>
> Wiki = collaboration tools via web with minimum intrusive authoring
> controls.
>
> Now - once people have mined out that bucket - the next level is more
> formal information management...
>
> It's only a matter of time before the need to have a seamless
> integration between the wiki front end - and a more capable
> semantically enabled rich content system - with policy controls - aka
> - registry - occurs - especially for complex content such as medical
> research and geospatial data.
>
> Even getting a simple demo system up and running right now could be
> highly beneficial... with some simple content sharing enabled to the
> wiki from the registry system - would be my assessment.
>
> DW
>
> "The way to be is to do" - Confucius (551-472 B.C.)
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [regrep] Wiki + ebXML Registry + REST technology
> From: "Farrukh S. Najmi" <farrukh@wellfleetsoftware.com>
> Date: Wed, February 28, 2007 3:51 pm
> To: "David RR Webber (XML)" <david@drrw.info>
> Cc: "regrep@lists.oasis-open.org" <regrep@lists.oasis-open.org>
>
> +1 on this terrific idea!
>
> Now why didn't I think of that.
>
> Wait. I think I did ;-)
>
> See:
>
> <http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/wiki/Overview#Collaborative_Authoring:_An_Illustrative_Use_Case>
>
> This cool idea is still on my TODO list.
>
>
> David RR Webber (XML) wrote:
> > Team,
> >
> > I attended the NIH wiki fair today - and wiki is a hot collaborative
> > technology for government with numerous uses from the CIA across to
> > the HHS and thru to GSA agencies. GSA offers wiki hosting
> services to
> > all agencies.
> >
> > What it is of course is a familiar and simple user interface
> > experience that works for people with a minimum of web authoring
> > experience - who need to collaborate to develop a common human
> > readable understanding of domains and topics.
> >
> > There is a strong opportunity for ebXML Registry to leverage this
> > however - by linking formal, machine and ad hoc mechanisms for
> > information and knowledge management .
> > What this means is that Wiki is potentially a great simple UI for
> > registry - via both a default access profile, and then specific user
> > login profiles.
> >
> > In Wiki you can create "New Page" templates that conform to registry
> > entry patterns - and then "Save/Update" will persist to both the
> Wiki
> > and the Registry. The entry pattern would provide classification
> > choices and can return unique "information anchor IDs" for the
> Wiki.
> >
> > Equally - Wiki only provides static page links - while using a REST
> > link to Registry can return dynamic query results. So users can
> embed
> > dynamic content into their Wiki entries.
> >
> > And then classifications of course can be managed by registry - with
> > links over to registry proper to allow that navigation mode.
> >
> > Machine interfacing can then be done to return formal results
> from the
> > registry that correspond to entries in the wiki.
> >
> > This is something that I'm seeing will be part of the solution
> mix for
> > us by the end of 2007 here.
> >
> > DW
> >
> > "The way to be is to do" - Confucius (551-472 B.C.)
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Farrukh
>
> Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com
>
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Regards,
Farrukh
Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com
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