primitive user question in regard to choosing software

Please excuse an elementary question.  I'm at the beginning
of a project 
that will require a wiki (or other editable web-page). 
Eventually we 
would like to be able to link to various data-bases --
though we're not 
sure which data-base approach we'll go for.  (Whatever is
compatible 
with the GIS we're using, which will be Manifold System). 
We would also 
like to link with PDF files and with Word and similar file
formats.  Is 
this possible with Wikimedia?  In general, are these
objectives mutually 
feasible? 

Again, excuse the level of the question.  I'm just diving
into all this 
(understanding servers, wiki, spatial sql, vbscript,
currently).  Any 
help I would appreciate greatly! -- Richard Freeman


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> like to link with PDF files and with Word and similar
file formats.  Is 
> this possible 

Yes, it is. You can customize the upload and allow any
file-extension who want. 
You only have to make sure about security.

 > with Wikimedia?
You mean: MediaWiki.
WikiMedia is the foundation, which develops the software
MediaWiki ;)

Regards,
Jan
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On 05/01/07, Jan <2036gmx.de> wrote:
> You mean: MediaWiki.
> WikiMedia is the foundation, which develops the
software MediaWiki ;)

That's only partly true, actually.

Wikimedia has paid developers who work on MediaWiki, and has
a vested
interest in it, of course, but not all development of
MediaWiki is
done "for Wikimedia", if you get my meaning.

For example, I don't work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and
I don't
personally care whether they use any of my extension code,
for
instance.

In addition, there are a number of third parties developing
MediaWiki
in forks, branches and other extensions - Wikia has a team
(based in
Poland?) and Travis of WikiHow does quite a bit of extension
work.

A lot of people have an interest in a large, scalable wiki
solution.


Rob Church
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Excuse the gaff.  For some reason, I did not get the e-mail
to which Rob 
Church responded.  Could I get someone to forward that to
me?  Thanks in 
advance! -- RF

Rob Church wrote:
> On 05/01/07, Jan <2036gmx.de> wrote:
>   
>> You mean: MediaWiki.
>> WikiMedia is the foundation, which develops the
software MediaWiki ;)
>>     
>
> That's only partly true, actually.
>
> Wikimedia has paid developers who work on MediaWiki,
and has a vested
> interest in it, of course, but not all development of
MediaWiki is
> done "for Wikimedia", if you get my meaning.
>
> For example, I don't work for the Wikimedia Foundation,
and I don't
> personally care whether they use any of my extension
code, for
> instance.
>
> In addition, there are a number of third parties
developing MediaWiki
> in forks, branches and other extensions - Wikia has a
team (based in
> Poland?) and Travis of WikiHow does quite a bit of
extension work.
>
> A lot of people have an interest in a large, scalable
wiki solution.
>
>
> Rob Church
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