We are a group of developers that was asked to develop a wiki application for requirement gathering. But we have two different opinion how to interprete<br />
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First interpretation<br />
"Wiki is an engine that can run wiki base applications.<br />
In my point of view Wiki is similar to database engines.<br />
There are many database engines such as Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL and so on. We can create our own database construct tables, views, store procedures and then can manipulate data. If our database is created using Oracle we have to install Oracle database engine to run our database. We can use the features provided by the database engine to access our data. We don?t need to develop from scratch how to store the data, how to search and so on. We just use SQL language of specific database engine."<br />
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Second interpretation<br />
"Wiki itself is an application, it is not just an engine or library. Although as like most good application, it can be customized for custom need. Wiki is a web 2.0 application that enable user to write / edit / change document easily. It also enable user to do formatting. There is no direct relation of wiki and its database nor the choice of programming language. Just like any application can be built using any db or language"<br />
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Please kindly share your view. Thanks!<br />
<br />
First interpretation<br />
"Wiki is an engine that can run wiki base applications.<br />
In my point of view Wiki is similar to database engines.<br />
There are many database engines such as Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL and so on. We can create our own database construct tables, views, store procedures and then can manipulate data. If our database is created using Oracle we have to install Oracle database engine to run our database. We can use the features provided by the database engine to access our data. We don?t need to develop from scratch how to store the data, how to search and so on. We just use SQL language of specific database engine."<br />
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Second interpretation<br />
"Wiki itself is an application, it is not just an engine or library. Although as like most good application, it can be customized for custom need. Wiki is a web 2.0 application that enable user to write / edit / change document easily. It also enable user to do formatting. There is no direct relation of wiki and its database nor the choice of programming language. Just like any application can be built using any db or language"<br />
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Please kindly share your view. Thanks!<br />