A comparison of optimistic approaches to collaborative editing of Wiki pages

Author

Ignat, C.-L. ; Oster, G. ; Molli, P. ; Cart, M. ; Ferrie, J. ; Kermarrec, A.-M. ; Sutra, P. ; Shapiro, M. ; Benmouffok, L. ; Busca, J.-M. ; Guerraoui, R.

Author_Institution

LORIA, INRIA (Nancy-Grand Est), Nancy-Grand Est

fYear

2007

fDate

12-15 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

474

Lastpage

483

Abstract

Wikis, a popular tool for sharing knowledge, are basically collaborative editing systems. However, existing Wiki systems offer limited support for co-operative authoring, and they do not scale well, because they are based on a centralised architecture. This paper compares the well-known centralised MediaWiki system with several peer-to-peer approaches to editing of wiki pages: an operational transformation approach (MOT2), a commutativity-oriented approach (WOOTO) and a conflict resolution approach (ACF). We evaluate and compare them, according to a number of qualitative and quantitative metrics.

Keywords

groupware; peer-to-peer computing; search engines; text editing; Wiki pages; collaborative editing systems; commutativity-oriented approach; cooperative authoring; knowledge sharing; operational transformation approach; peer-to-peer approaches; qualitative metrics; quantitative metrics; Art; Broadcasting; Collaboration; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Convergence; Delay; Explosives; Peer to peer computing; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing, 2007. CollaborateCom 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1318-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1317-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COLCOM.2007.4553878

Filename

4553878