Hi, Fintan: That is a very interesting idea. It would give users the best of both worlds, really.
We recently finished evaluating wikis for implementation at our site. And the choice came down to MoinMoin vs. DocBook Wiki. It was an extremely tough choice. Both packages have strengths and weaknesses. But in the end we went with MoinMoin because the community is larger and more active and development is moving forward. While MoinMoin does offer some DocBook support, that support is not nearly as extensive as DocBook Wiki's. Also, the backend SVN support offered by DocBook Wiki is something MoinMoin does not currently offer. I suppose integrating a PHP-based application with MoinMoin, which is written in Python, could pose some challenges. But, again, I really like this idea if it were possible--or if people were interested in trying to make it happen. Best regards, Pierce Bolton, Fintan wrote: > Hello Dashamir, > > I wonder if you have ever considered re-packaging DocBook Wiki as a > plug-in to one of the mainstream Wikis, such as Confluence or Moin-Moin? > > It is a peculiar paradox that, although DocBook Wiki has much better > DocBook support than any other Wiki out there, it has failed to gain > much traction in the Wiki space. I suspect the reason for this is that > there is currently a rather high threshold to getting a new Wiki flavour > accepted. For example, on a typical open source project, you would have > very little prospect of persuading an open source community to drop > Moin-Moin or Confluence in favour of a little-known product like DocBook > Wiki. Even persuading the community to adopt it as an 'extra' Wiki would > probably be an uphill battle. > > In marketing terms, therefore, it would be much easier to get DocBook > Wiki accepted if it came in the form of a Confluence or Moin-Moin > plug-in. Adding plug-ins to Wikis is a routine procedure that would be > unlikely to arouse much controversy in an open source community. > > Of course, I am glossing over the technical difficulties here, which > might be considerable. But the integration would not have to be perfect. > The main goal would be to make DocBook Wiki look similar enough to the > host Wiki, so that it can gain acceptance. On a technical level, > probably the main priorities would be to integrate user administration > with the host Wiki and to change the appearance of the pages to look > more like the host Wiki. > > Regards, > Fintan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ---------------------------- > IONA Technologies GmbH (registriert in Deutschland, AG Darmstadt) > Registernummer: HRB 7939 > Geschäftsadresse: Im Leuschnerpark 4, D- 64347 Griesheim, Deutschland > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Doc-book-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/doc-book-users -- Pierce Tyler xTuple 119 West York Street Norfolk, VA 23510 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.xtuple.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Doc-book-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/doc-book-users
