Introduction to the OpenTravel Wiki
Paul Macias Specification Manager
Agenda
• Introduction to Wikis • OpenTravel Wiki
– Location – Creating an Account – Site Navigation
• Wikitext Basics
What is a Wiki?
• Hawaiian for “quick” • Collaboration tool
– Means for a community of users to create, edit, link to, and comment on articles – There are lead editors, but every member of the community has rights to contribute
How Do Wikis Work
• Web interface displays articles stored in a database and facilitates community interaction with the articles • Wikitext
– Simplified markup language to create links and format text in a wiki – No standardized syntax (as of yet)1 – OpenTravel uses MediaWiki (same engine as Wikipedia)
1 - See Creole effort to standardize wikitext. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_%28markup%29)
OpenTravel Wiki URL
• http://wiki.opentravel.org
OpenTravel Wiki Home
Create Account
Create Account
Create Account
Create your unique user name
Create Account
Create your account password
Create Account
While this is optional, it is used by administrators to determine if OpenTravel Member permissions are to be granted
Create Account
Create Account
Create Account
• Some content is available only to OpenTravel Members • Accounts created by members are activated within a working day.
Account Management
User name logged in as
Account Management
A number of account preferences. Including: change password, email address, etc.
Account Management
Wiki Navigation
Keyword search. “Go” button jumps to an article if there is an exact match.
Wiki Navigation
Main menu of OpenTravel wiki content areas.
Wiki Navigation
Links to the OpenTravel public website and the Implementers Forum website.
Wiki Navigation
Mostly administrative information.
Wiki Navigation
Main page: Returns user to the wiki’s main page (a.k.a. home page)
Wiki Navigation
Member Review/Public Review: These links appear during the during their cycle of the publication process
Wiki Navigation
Get Involved: Jumps to wiki article explaining how OpenTravel members and non-members may participate in the organization’s activities
Wiki Navigation
Resources: Jumps to an article containing links to helpful resources in the wiki and elsewhere
Wiki Navigation
Active Projects: Goes to an article summarizing the OpenTravel projects underway in work groups for the current publication cycle
Wiki Navigation
Workgroups: Jumps to a page with links to each of the OpenTravel work groups: Architecture Hospitality Transport Travel Integration
Wiki Navigation
Committees: Jumps to a page with links to each of the OpenTravel committees: Interoperability Communication
Wiki Navigation
Calendar: Shared calendar for OpenTravel meeting and telecons. Past work group meeting summaries are often captured within the calendar entries
Wiki Navigation
Help and Support: Jumps to an article with links to guidance for certain OpenTravel member roles, as well as generic wiki help.
Work Group Page Navigation
Work Group Page Navigation
[Work Group]: Identifies for which work group the menu selections relate.
Work Group Page Navigation
Home: Main page for the work group.
Work Group Page Navigation
Announcements: Record of current and past work group events.
Work Group Page Navigation
Projects: Record of current and past work group projects.
Work Group Page Navigation
Contacts: The work group Chair, Co-Chair, and Specification Manager.
Wiki Editing
Wiki Editing
Enter content and manually code wikitext, or use wiki editing tools, to format text and make links.
Wiki Editing
Preview your edits before saving them to be published.
Wiki Editing
Save the edits.
Commonly Used Wikitext
Headers: = Header =
(Add = to each end for sub-headers)
Bulleted List: * Bulleted Item
(Additional * to create sub-bullets)
Numbered List: # Numbered Item
(Additional # to create sub-lists)
Commonly Used Wikitext
Wiki Links: [[Article_Title]] Labeled Wiki Links: [[Article Title|Label]] Web Links: [http://web_URL] Labeled Web Links: [http://web_URL|Label]
Commonly Used Wikitext
Bold: ‘‘‘Article_Title’’’ (3 single quotes) Italics: ‘‘Article_Title’’ (2 single quotes) Bold & Italics: ‘‘‘‘‘Article_Title’’’’’ (5 single quotes) New Line:
Wikitext Example
=OpenTravel Advisory Forum= ==Logistics== ‘‘‘When:’’’ April 14, 2008
‘‘‘Where:’’’ Atlanta
==Websites== * [http://www.opentravel.org|OpenTravel Website]
Wikitext Example OpenTravel Advisory Forum
Logistics When: April 14, 2008 Where: Atlanta Websites • OpenTravel Website
Introduction to the OpenTravel Wiki
Paul Macias Specification Manager