WikiWikiWeb (Wiki) is an information sharing system on the Web developed by Ward Cunningham in 1995. Wiki is created as a system for collaboration over the Internet, Wiki came to be used for large-scale Web site, or information sharing for groups, enterprises and individuals. According to the changes of the use cases, various Wiki engines are developed. After almost ten years past, various roles of Wiki are appeared. In this paper, we describe the characteristic of Wiki from the first Wiki site, the changes of the use cases, the development of various Wiki engine, and the general view of present Wiki situation.

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WikiWikiWeb (Wiki) is an information sharing system on the Web developed by Ward Cunningham in
1995. Wiki is created as a system for collaboration over the Internet, Wiki came to be used for large-scale
Web site, or information sharing for groups, enterprises and individuals. According to the changes of the use
cases, various Wiki engines are developed. After almost ten years past, various roles of Wiki are appeared.
In this paper, we describe the characteristic of Wiki from the first Wiki site, the changes of the use cases, the
development of various Wiki engine, and the general view of present Wiki situation.
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1) http://c2.com/doc/etymology.html
2) BezelMenu: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?BezelMenu
3) http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiHyperCard
4) PortlandPatternRepository: http://c2.com/ppr/
5) http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory
6) http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?InvitationToThePatternsList
7) WikiWikiWeb: http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki
8) http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WardsWiki
9) Leuf, B. and Cunningham, W.: The Wiki Way:
Quick Collaboration on the Web, Addison-Wesley
(2001).
10) CvWiki: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CvWiki
11) AtisWiki: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/ denker/old/
AtisWiki.html.
12) UseModwiki: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/
wiki.pl
13) MeatballWiki: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/
mb.pl?MeatballWiki
14) MediaWiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki
15) Eto, K., Takabayashi, S. and Masui, T.: qwikWeb:
integrating mailing list and WikiWikiWeb for group
communication, Proceedings of the 2005 Interna-
tional Symposium on Wikis (WikiSym 2005), pp.17–
23 (2005).
16) Trac: http://www.edgewall.com/trac/
17) Confluence: http://www.atlassian.com/software/
confluence/
18) Fushihara, K.: wema. http://wema.sourceforge.jp/
19) TiddlyWiki: http://www.tiddlywiki.com/