WikiCMS

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WikiCMS

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Wolfgang Fahl info@bitplan.com

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Using SemanticMediaWiki as a content Management System

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SMW CON Fall 2017

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⌘⌘ Intro

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⌘⌘ Wolfgang Fahl

• Wolfgang wf@bitplan.com is from germany.
• He is a teacher for software architecture
• He has been working with MediaWiki since 2007
• He has started learning english in England

⌘⌘ Agenda

It's a girl!

• What is a Content Management System CMS?
• Could you use a MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki as a CMS?
• Why would you not use MediaWiki as your CMS?
• Why would you use MediaWiki as a CMS?
• WikiCMS: use Semantic MediaWiki as CMS

⌘⌘ What is a Content Management System CMS?

According to Wikipedia a Content Management System has the following features:

• a CMS supports the creation and modification of digital content.
• a CMS is a collaborative environment
• a CMS supports
  • format management
  • history editing
  • version control
  • indexing
  • search
  • retrieval
• a CMS supports the separation of content and presentation

⌘⌘ Could you use a MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki as a CMS?

• MediaWiki supports the creation and modification of digital content. ✓
• MediaWiki is a collaborative environment ✓
• MediaWiki supports
  • format management ✓
  • history editing ✓
  • version control ✓
  • indexing ✓
  • search ✓
  • retrieval ✓
• MediaWiki supports the separation of content and presentation ✓

⌘⌘ Why would you not use MediaWiki as your CMS?

• Anyone can edit it
• No workflow
• No approval method built into the wiki

⌘⌘ Why would you use MediaWiki as a CMS?

• MediaWiki is free
• MediaWiki is proven to work
• There is a lot of knowledge/documentation about MediaWiki available
• There are lots of extensions available of MediaWiki

⌘⌘ Questions/Discussion