On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:16:00AM -0400, Adam Theo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Andy Wardley wrote: > > The more general concept of defining a document as a dynamic collection > > of parts which are pulled together on demand, can be traced back to the > > 1960's when Ted Nelson first described what is now known as the "Xanadu" > > project. > > > > There has been much written about these systems, and many different > > implementations offering various different flavours and features. I've > > always shared Ted's view that this has potential to be the next really > > big killer app, but I don't think anyone has managed to pull the right > > pieces together to make something that works well in practice... > > > > ...yet! :-) > > > > hm, i think i'm going to have to make another post to this list, asking > for help on one of my curent projects, so i can start on this one. > > PS, i already have a name for this xanadu-like project: Theoretic Alloy > (damn, i hope 'alloy' isn't taken...).
I think a Template-based Wiki would be cool, but you should be aware of the existing work in this area before you reinvent the wheel. Using the Wiki name would give people an idea of what it does. In particular, there's Wiki software written in Perl, TWiki, which is rather good. I'd suggest you look at it and perhaps patch it to use Template. That way, those of us who use TWiki can have an even better codebase to rely on. srl -- Shane Landrum (srl AT boston DOT com) Software Engineer, boston.com
