Questions

Questions for IST

A wiki is a websire/blog where the creater is numerous people. This allows simulataneous editing and larger databases of knowledge as more people can contrible to build it up. This is seen in examples such as Wikipeadia. However this can be a downside as the more people who edit the more chance of inaccuracy or a changing of information or adding of malicious content. Filters and admins systems can be used to avoid this.
 * What’s a WIKI?
 * For what purposes can you use a WIKI?

Wikis are used for communicating via editing and adding of information to a page. Some involve an element of posting comments where specific disscussions can occur, different Wikis have different policies.


 * What groups can benefit from a WIKI?

Anygroups that require large sharing of information to groups of people who can all contribute, as opposed to a blog a teacher might keep to inform students, a wiki might allow teachers of same subject to share data and teaching techniques,
 * How can a group of people operate the WIKI (instructions for use of your particular WIKI)

The two people can edit simulatneaously allowing fasting adding of content and pages, and allows the wiki to be acessed on seperate machines that can very far apart. By adding filters and blocking a wiki can be prevented from having malicous content or inapropriate content.