Web Services

Wiki

A wiki is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit and change some available content. The term wiki refers to "Wiki-wiki", what means "hurry quick" in Hawaiian. As usual in Hypertexts, the different pages and articles of a Wiki are connected to each other via links. The pages can be edited directly on-screen. Therefore, an edit function is implemented.

The current Wiki installations at the MPImF, serve, amongst others for:

common institute-wide information exchange
technical documentation
cross-site group collaboration

are PHP / MySQL based (MediaWiki) and accessible from everywhere within the IP address range of the Institute - even over external Dial-In via ISDN or VPN.