Gregory Szorc's blog

Creole Aims to Create Unified Wiki Markup

An important development to come out of Wikisym 2006 was the creation of Creole, a unified wiki markup. I have been a long-time critic of the absense of a unified wiki format. Wikis advertise that they are easier to edit than web pages because users don't need to learn a complicated display language. However, with every wiki engine offerings its own wiki syntax, wikis do more to confuse users than help them.

The support behind Creolo is impressive, with many engines pledging support, including MediaWiki. The real question is how long it will take Creole to be completed. Things look promising. After only a month or so, the first draft is already available! I can't wait to see materialize.

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Amen! It's about time.

I think the lack of a similar context is the one item that discourages new users from utilizing wikis in collaborative environments. I know talking to other librarians and information professionals from outside Case is that they like the idea of a wiki but just do not have the time to learn more code.