Re: Free/open source knowledge base system

[Megan Golding <mgolding -at- secureworks -dot- com>]

On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 09:24, Darren Barefoot wrote:
> We're basically looking for something with a Web interface that enables
> you to create, modify and delete knowledge base entries, and then
> publish them on the Web. It'd be cool if the publishing occurred
> automagically, but not critical. We're not picky about the back-end:
> MySQL, XML, whatever. And, of course, the simpler it is to use, the
> better. Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks. DB.

Darren,

Check out the general concept known as Wiki at http://c2.com/cgi/wiki. I
have experience with a Wiki Clone known as TWiki (see http://twiki.org/)
and they have a sample Knowledgebase format at
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Know/WebHome. 

The publishing is automatic, the interface is moderately easy to use,
and the back end is Revision Control System (RCS) which provides
versioning.

Meg

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