Wiki Factory (....c'era una volta Golem!)

People

• Andrea Ceccanti
• Paolo Ciancarini
• Angelo Di Iorio
• Giorgia Lodi
• Fabio Panzieri
• Valentina Presutti
• Fabio Vitali

Students

• Marco Fabbri
• Michele Bordi
• Jacopo Penazzi

Completed thesis

• Marco Fabbri's thesis
• An Ontology-Driven Method For Semantic Wiki Portals Growth

Thesis under development

• Dependability Issues in Wiki Systems
• Jacopo Penazzi's thesis

Organization

• News and Announcements
• Meetings reports

Publications about WikiFactory

• SemWiki 2006
• SemWiki 2006 - Workshop 7: From Wiki to Semantics

The project

• Requirements
• The Framework Architecture
• Glossary
• Open issues and questions
• Mios paper's work area
• Diagrams
• Some useful links
• Work meetings

Abstract

The principal objectives of the WikiFactory project (the project is officially born at the "Ristoro delle Fate" restaurant ) is to define a framework that supports a semi-automatic process for the creation and the deployment of domain-based wikis. The framework consists of the following principal components:

• the WikiFactory Application, which produces the specification and the implementation of wiki services by means of a user's description;
• a QoS Manager component that is responsible for the configuration of a distributed platform, where the resulting domain-based wikis are hosted, and the deployment of those wikis in one such a platform.

Examples of Domain-based Wikis (Case Studies)

We define a domain-based wiki a wiki clone that provides ad-hoc services for a specific domain of knowledge. Examples of such domain-based wikis include:

• A Personal Digital Library Wiki: This wiki is a system which helps a user to collect and organize digital documents, then publishing them online. For instance, suppose I have hundreds of PDF/other formats documents that I want to restructure and publish; the WikiFactory helps a user in organizing a CMS - content management system - well suited for this task, and probaly also a search agent to collect other documents similar to those I found.
• WW (Workflow Wiki): A wiki clone that supports a workflow process. Given a process description, the WW provides the users with a set of predefined areas and services, which in turn support and guide the users (i) through the activities defined by the process and (ii) in the report creation.
• CSW (Computer Science Department Wiki): A wiki clone that provides the users with ad-hoc services for managing such typical university department's activities as exams, calendars, projects, and so on.
• PAW (Public Administration Wiki): A wiki clone that supports Public Service tasks.
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