Scientific Wikis – Part I
Are wikis the future of scientific collaboration in biology?
The tremendous success of Wikipedia has raised the possibility of using wiki technology for scientific collaboration. However, it is not yet clear if traditional scientific methods can be acceptably incorporated into the ‘wiki’ paradigm. Despite this uncertainty, many tens of ‘scientific-wikis’ currently exist [1], with many more ‘annotation-wikis’ on the horizon. In this post we will discuss two key scientific concepts, and try to assess how they fit (or not) within the ‘wiki’ model. By Dan Bolser and Jong Bhak (more…)
