Difference: SellTwiki (5 vs. 6)

Revision 631 Jan 2013 - Main.DavidCowburn

 

Major features

Revision control - complete audit trail, also for meta data such as attachments and access control settings.

Provides identification of all contributors. Permits reversal / correction to previous versions. Encourages responsible use. Better than blog-style because document can be tidied up (and shortened) but all contributions are recorded.

Fine-grained access control - restrict read/write/rename on site level, web level, page level based on user groups

Permits user control of access. At the 'web' level, control of control available to administrators. Permits immediate creating of controlled content without extensive administrator intervention.

Extensible TWiki markup language

Much easier to use than HTML with nearly all the features. Generates compact html for export if needed. Short tables can be quickly made.

TinyMCE based WYSIWYG editor

Useful for many users

Dynamic content generation with TWiki variables

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So for example you can use variable %NMRMANAGER% ( set as MichaelGoger )in multiple places in documents, where it is substituted in documents with its value, and it can be changed in only one place if the person responsible is altered. Anything you can do in Perl, you can do within the twiki.
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  • So for example you can use variable %NMRMANAGER% ( set as MichaelGoger )in multiple places in documents, where it is substituted in documents with its value, and it can be changed in only one place if the person responsible is altered. Anything you can do in Perl, you can do within the twiki.
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  • Because pages are dynamically formed as needed, inclusion of other materials and web pages is easy compared to conventional html coding.
 

Forms and reporting - capture structured content, report on it with searches embedded in pages

Cross platform search (subject to access control) permits rapid report generation. This is a search feature, not an index lookup.

Built in database - users can create wiki applications using the TWiki Markup Language

This is not easy but is powerful. Example -- http://www.nysbc.net/twiki/bin/view/Nmrknow/ForsSearch

Skinnable user interface

Never used this feature

RSS/Atom feeds and e-mail notification

For example, summary of specific changed pages can be emailed daily (or other frequency).

Browser agnostic.

Over 400 Extensions and 200 Plugins

Spread sheets, calendars etc etc . Active developer community. http://twiki.org/

Research uses

Data summaries and transfers

Attachments feature can be used like dropbox and has more potential structure and control. Easy to create forms, macros for analysis of multiple records. On line pages downloadable to other programs (e.g. Matlab) . http://www.nysbc.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/NewProject09ChildGhost

Drafts, outlines, plans

Rapid changes and updates ; advice of changes by optional email. Long term storage. Simpler to use than multiple series of emails. Simplified membership of interest groups. Example -- http://www.nysbc.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/Matlab

Manuals, procedures, records for instrument use

Simple presentation for training, recording, data transfers, user comments. Can add access options readily. Cross referenced FAQ pages. Readily made-read only to general audience and editable by a sub group. e.g. http://www.nysbc.net/twiki/bin/view/Nregim/OperationsSafetyCommittee

Managed pages for lab / dept information, e.g. http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki at Vanderbilt

(Expert level) Project management and data analysis

Example - multiple report summaries http://www.nysbc.net/twiki/bin/view/Nmrknow/ForsSearch ; http://www.nysbc.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/CemProjects

(Semi expert level) Rapid development of html code for other uses

e.g. http://www.nysbc.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/NysbdgWinter2013


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-- DavidCowburn - 28 Jan 2013

 
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