Integrating Two Integrative Sites
Hi, I'm the webmaster and principal author
of the Integration Website
http://noosphere.cc. A fascinating thrill went
through me when I
discovered the Wikipedia Website and the
Wiki Websites System in general.
The similarity in the purpose of this site
and Wikipedia is striking: both sites aim at constructing, by open Internet
cooperation, a
thesaurus of integrative knowledge. Still,
there are two differences: (1) the Wikipedia site uses an automated software,
allowing visitors
to edit existing pages online, while this
site is manually edited, and (2) the Integration site features an advanced
concept of integrative
editing, while the Wiki system is described
as "a collaborative project to produce a free and complete encyclopedia", and
uses the "open
content" paradigm. Although the Open
Content approach is completely compatible with the Integration approach, the
latter goes further
because (1) it proposes a series of
explicit editing rules (while the Wiki context is much more permissive, and its
rules are more intuitive
and inspired by common sense), and because
(2) this Integration concept assumes that by respecting these rules, if
adequately
applied, a degree of plausibility probably
comparable to scientific certitude can be reached.
As I describe in the Future of this Site
page, integration with such an integrative site as Wikipedia will be sought. In
a first stage I'll try to
add progressively our contents to the
Wikipedia site. If, for some reasons yet to discover, this kind of integration
proves impossible, we'll
try to start up a new Wiki-like site, or
introduce the Wiki software into this site.
Any comments? Kris Roose 10 Nov 2002, 14.30
CET