Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4 Wiki

[Kay Diederichs]

Kevin Cowtan schrieb:

Yes, that is our intention. CCP4 would probably be at the third level of a hierarchy including:

Macromolecular crystallographic techniques
  Structure solution, analysis and visualisation software
    The CCP4 suite

Kevin,









thanks,

Kay

why does/will/should the CCP4 Wiki have a hierarchy at all? I thought that the structure of the Wiki emerges from the links between the articles. As far as I know the MediaWiki software does not even support a hierarchy (but of course I may be wrong, and other software might support it). And why are you concerned about security? In what sense? Breakins into the computer that runs the software, or vandalism of articles? I believe the first point is best dealt with by setting up a virtual machine dedicated to the Wiki, and running an OS that gets automatic security updates for a number of years. The "vandalism" thing is probably less of an issue than it is in Wikipedia - but even at the Wikipedia scale it can be handled well, it seems. One other thing that I thought about has to do with permissions. Let me explain. The easiest way to come up with useful articles would probably be to just write summaries citing people's emails to the CPP4BB. Citing Eleanor's postings alone would certainly produce a great Wiki! But - is it appropriate/allowed to cite people's old emails to the CCP4BB on the Wiki, without their consent? I for one would certainly give permission to cite my earlier CCP4BB postings, provided they are cited in the proper context. And finally: why is there a concern by some people about the "premature" setup of a Wiki, like the one that was set up by Artem? If the articles in a Wiki are good they can just be copied over to the "CCP4 Wiki" when it exists. At least that is my understanding concerning Wikipedia articles - you can just use them under the GNU Free Documentation License.

James Stroud wrote:

So there would be room for other software packages at the same level as CCP4, and things like purification and crystallisation off of the top level.

Would a "CCP4 wiki" be different from a general crystallography wiki? Would it reflect, for instance, the breadth of topics on the CCP4BB?

On Monday 23 July 2007 09:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Contributions from volunteers to establish and maintain the CCP4 wiki will

be definitely appreciated.

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