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The native speakers of the islands of Hawaii probably had no notion of the inadequacy of the Word and Email duopoly to corporate communications when they coined the term Wiki - literally meaning fast. However, Wikis have grown into just that -- a fast and efficient way of fostering knowledge sharing across corporations worldwide; combining elements of Word, email, RSS, plugins and other relevant technologies.Aside from being fast, Enterprise Wikis have grown out of the social need for a more participatory and inclusive form of dialogue. This is especially true as compared to the top-down, hierarchical and role-based nature of Content Management Systems (CMS) that typically follow the model of: "I write; John edits; my boss approves." The CMS trend flourished in the 1990's as a natural method to automate the creation and publishing of web content, specifically html files. However, it fostered an environment in which roles were well-defined, and the final say on what constituted acceptable content resided with a chosen few.
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