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
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