Changes: XWiki

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XWiki is a Wiki Software package licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. It is an Enterprise wiki, with many features needed for professional usage. It is also an Application wiki which allows the creation of applications (including structured data and scripting) within the Wiki interface. The languages that can be used are Velocity and Groovy.

It is written in Java and uses an underlying relational database management system (MySQL or HSQLDB amongst others).

The Wiki syntax is rendered using the Radeox rendering engine.

History[]

XWiki was originally written by Ludovic Dubost and was first released in January 2003. The first version of the Wiki Farm XWiki.com (http://www.xwiki.com) was released in April 2003. It was first released under the GNU General Public License. It was announced in February 2006 that the license will be changed to the GNU Lesser General Public License. By the end of 2006 the release of the first Beta version along with the arrival of Vincent Massol at the head of XWiki development team were announced. Since then, work on the XWiki 1.0 version has been conducted and the version should be released by May 2007.

Features[]

XWiki is an advanced wiki software which includes a number of professional features

User rights management (by wiki / space / page, using groups, etc...)
PDF export
Full-text search
Version control
Plugins, API, Programming...
More features on the official website here

On top of this, XWiki is also an application wiki that allows the creation of objects and classes within the wiki. This way, forms can be developed in a very short time span and be reused to enter data on the wiki following a specific template. This means that end users can be presented with a page on which the layout is already drawn, where they can directly fill in the fields needed.

Open-Source projects[]

XWiki relies heavily on other Open-Source projects to work. They include:

Hibernate: relational database storage
Lucene: to index all the content of a wiki and its attachments and allow the search within their content.
Velocity: a powerful template language
Groovy: for advanced scripting requirements
Radeox: the wiki rendering engine, it converts the wiki syntax to plain text

External links[]

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+|latest_release_date = [[November 10]], [[2007]]
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+|latest preview version = 1.2RC3
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-|latest_release_date = [[February 15]], [[2007]]
-|latest preview version = 1.0 beta 5
-|latest preview date = [[February 16]], [[2007]]
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+|genre = Wiki Software
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+'''XWiki''' is a Wiki Software package licensed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]]. It is an [[Enterprise wiki]], with many features needed for professional usage. It is also an [[Application wiki]] which allows the creation of applications (including structured data and scripting) within the Wiki interface. The languages that can be used are [[Jakarta Velocity|Velocity]] and [[Groovy (programming language)|Groovy]].
-{{Portal|Free software}}
-'''XWiki''' is a [[Wiki software]] package licensed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]]. It is an [[Enterprise wiki]], having many features needed for professional usage. It is also an [[Application wiki]] since it allows to write applications with structured data and scripting right from the Wiki interface. The languages that can be used are [[Velocity]] and [[Groovy]].
 It is written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and uses an underlying [[relational database management system]] ([[MySQL]] or [[HSQLDB]] amongst others).
-The Wiki syntax is rendered making use of the [[Radeox]] render engine.
+The Wiki syntax is rendered using the [http://www.radeox.org/ Radeox] rendering engine.
 == History ==
-XWiki was originally written by Ludovic Dubost and was first released in January 2003. The first version of the Wiki Farm XWiki.com (http://www.xwiki.com) was released in April 2003. It was first released under the [[GNU General Public License]]. It was announced in February 2006 that the license will be changed to the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]].
+XWiki was originally written by Ludovic Dubost and was first released in January 2003. The first version of the Wiki Farm XWiki.com (http://www.xwiki.com) was released in April 2003. It was first released under the [[GNU General Public License]]. It was announced in February 2006 that the license will be changed to the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]]. By the end of 2006 the release of the first Beta version along with the arrival of Vincent Massol at the head of XWiki development team were announced. Since then, work on the XWiki 1.0 version has been conducted and the version should be released by May 2007.
-==External links==
+== Features ==
-*[http://www.xwiki.org/ XWiki official homepage]
-*[http://www.netcipia.com/ Netcipia places, first free online participative suite build with xwiki]
-*[http://www.radeox.org/ Radeox Wiki render engine written in java]
-*[http://swik.net/XWiki/XWiki+News+Feeds/XWiki+Is+Now+Available+Under+LGPL/cbk5 News article about the licence change from GPL to LGPL]
+XWiki is an advanced wiki software which includes a number of professional features
-[[Category:OW2 Consortium]]
-[[Category:Open source content management systems]]
+* User rights management (by wiki / space / page, using groups, etc...)
-[[Category:Free wiki software]]
+* PDF export
-[[Category:Wiki]]
+* Full-text search
+* Version control
+* Plugins, API, Programming...
+* More features on the official website [http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/ here]
+On top of this, XWiki is also an [[application wiki]] that allows the creation of [[Object (computer science)|objects]] and [[Class (computer science)|classes]] within the wiki. This way, [[Form (web)|forms]] can be developed in a very short time span and be reused to enter data on the wiki following a specific [[Page layout#Grids versus templates|template]]. This means that end users can be presented with a page on which the layout is already drawn, where they can directly fill in the fields needed.
+== Open-Source projects ==
+XWiki relies heavily on other Open-Source projects to work. They include:
+* [[Hibernate (Java)|Hibernate]]: relational database storage
+* [[Lucene]]: to index all the content of a wiki and its attachments and allow the search within their content.
+* [[Jakarta Velocity|Velocity]]: a powerful template language
+* [[Groovy (programming language)|Groovy]]: for advanced scripting requirements
+* [http://www.radeox.org/ Radeox]: the wiki rendering engine, it converts the wiki syntax to plain text
+== External links ==
+{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}
+*[http://www.xwiki.org/ XWiki official homepage]
+*[http://www.netcipia.com/ Netcipia places, first free online participative suite build with XWiki]
+*[http://www.radeox.org/ Radeox Wiki render engine written in Java]
+*[http://swik.net/XWiki/XWiki+News+Feeds/XWiki+Is+Now+Available+Under+LGPL/cbk5 News article about the license change from GPL to LGPL]
+[[Category:Wiki Software]]
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