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Wikis & blogs (A5)

diciembre 5th, 2009 · No hay Comentarios

Despite being both websites, whose main purpose is to allow the easy edition and creation for the user, there are some differences between them, as I will now explain:

As regards the wikis, these allow the editing and creating process through a browser, by using either a text editor known as WYSIWYG or  a simplified markup language. At the same time, they are very often powered by wiki software and they’ve got a wide range of uses; creating collaborative websites, powering community websites and personal note taking spring to my mind. Besides, according to Ward Cunningham, who is the developer of the first wiki software, this system is “the simplest online database that could possibly work”.

With reference to blogs, they are usually performed individually, maintained with different kind of materials;  commentaries, descriptions of events, video or graphic, to name but a few ones. The order of the entries, is at the same time, of reverse-chronological order. Focusing on their functions, most of them work as news-providers on a specific subject, whereas the rest usually have the function of online diaries.

Unlike most people think, blogs and wikis are very easy to use. In fact, this is one of the reasons for their popularity, which has grown dramatically in the last years. As a clear consequence, there are about 112,000,000 blogs nowadays, not to mention the quantity of wikis used at universities or multinational companies.

 

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