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Re: online books, citing - wiki-model??
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Author: Alex
Posted: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:47:47 -0500
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On Jan 19, 2007, at 17:26, wrote:
> [...] how can things that are often changing be effectively referenced
> in research publications [...]
IMHO, you've identified a real problem (though I'd substitute "on-line
contents" for "things etc."). I don't think there's a simple or even a
single solution for it.
> [...] In the past I have suggested that the author print and/or
> download a copy of that specific online item which they found and
> used.
> Thus the author can show that they did use what they said they used.
> [...]
Unfortunately, modifying most electronic content (while circumventing
creation/modification date tracking facilities of common operating
systems) is relatively trivial.
> [...] ANOTHER idea/solution might be to use the wikipedia model where
> when changes are made they are preserved and can be brought back.
> [...]
IMHO, the chief distinction of the "wiki model" is the principle that
anyone can edit content at any time (cf.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki>), not the revision control system.
Such systems have been used (primarily by software developers) since the
old SCCS in the 1970s, and, for all I know, even earlier than that.
Hence, using "wiki" in this context is misleading.
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