Comment on [Question] Public-facing Wiki
litchralee@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoThis is not AI text and you’re the one who’s departed from the OP’s request:
I am standing up a wiki
The definition of a wiki is unambiguous:
A wiki (/ˈwɪki/ ⓘ WIK-ee) is a form of hypertext publication on the internet which is collaboratively edited and managed by its audience directly through a web browser.
The entire context of OP’s post is web, ie the Internet. We are not taking about physical book libraries. We aren’t discussing microfiche. The only relevant database type germane to OP is a relational database, as you readily noted:
If you do additional web application mumbo jumbo, you might need a relational database
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 week ago
I’m sorry. For some reason we’re completely talking past each other… Your harddisk/ssd/usb-stick is a document based database afaik. You store data in form of files/documents on your HDD. It’s a bit like a library, yes. Those documents are organzed a certain way. In folders… maybe on shelves or whatever the digital equivalent is… The important parts of a wiki (the articles) are organized exactly the same way. That’s why DokuWiki manages to pull it off without a relational database. It really doesn’t matter for something like an encyclopedia or knowledge database. Can be articles in a books sitting on shelves in some building. Or digital files on a server, organized by a very similar hierarchy / topics.