ADM 1370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Version Control, E-Democracy, Perpetual Beta

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 1370
• Professor: Sadiq Abbas

Document Summary

Wiki is a website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively: wikipedia. Wiki are collaboration tools: blogs and chats are more turned towards conversation. Wikis are intended to maintain a series of unique documents as their content evolves. Wikis have built-in version control: no changes can be made without creating a record of who made those changes, reversion to an earlier version is always possible. The ability to tap into the collective of users. Data is made available in new or never-intended ways. Relies on user-generated and user-controlled content and data. Lightweight programming techniques and tools let nearly anyone act as a website developer. The virtual elimination of software-upgrade cycles makes everything a perpetual beta or work-in-progress. Applications can be designed quickly to meet changing needs. Users can access applications entirely through a browser. An architecture of participation and digital democracy encourages users to add value to the application as they use it.