On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, John Sechrest wrote: (01)
> Can you outline the features and abilities that are different
> than using a wiki to store this information?
>
> Could you help me compare and contrast the KB.indiana.edu,
> info-files and wikis? (02)
The primary differences are of intent and structure. (03)
A kb document is currently maintained in an SGML format called
KBML that was designed back 96 or so. It structures a document as
a question with an answer. The SGML document can be validated and
transformed, very handy for editing and presentation. Nowadays
tere would be an XKBML, but the current kb is not a nowadays kind
of thing. (04)
KBML allows some rudimentary HTML style markup plus: (05)
* multiple titles/questions depending on audience
* KBA: inlined links from one kbdoc to another
* Refs: see also references (actualy maintained as external
metadata in this incarnation of the kb)
* Xtras: additional words to weight search indexing
* miscellaneous other convenience diddles (06)
Writing a KB document tends to be a bit of an ordeal. (07)
A wiki page: less intent, less structure, more freedom in some
ways. (08)
Is this the sort of stuff you were after? (09)
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