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KM@KENT (kmatkent) Community Wiki
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The KM@KENT Community of Practice (CoP) include members of the collection of open collaborative kmatkents being augmented here by the "Collaborative Work Environment" infrastructure hosted on the CIM3.NET infrastructure.
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This KM@KENT Community Wiki is an integral part of the community's Collaborative Work Environment ("CWE"). The wiki is intended for use by trusted team and members of the community for collaborative documentation. What we have here is a read-and-write web, as opposed to the traditional read-only web sites. It is a collaborative authoring tool. You can also treat it like the restaurant napkin that you sketch on, to share ideas with people sitting around the table. Except, this time, the wiki is you napkin, and the people you are sharing your ideas with can be all around the world, sitting in front of their computing device connected to the Internet; and they don't even necessarily have to be there at the same time you are sketching.
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The Wiki Main_Page, a link to which can be found under the "navigation" block (on your left) would generally be the first place to go. Click on the KSU Logo (upper left of any page) should get you to the Main_Page too. Well designed wiki's should provide further links to appropriate content from that page.
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Viewing of wiki content can be done with almost any web browser (no password is needed for "open" wiki's (which is the mode this wiki is working in); username/password will be needed for "community only" wiki's (where applicable).
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To write-to (edit content of) the wiki, one will need to "Log in" (see: upper right corner). First time users should create an account if you have not already done so, with a user name for yourself (like "Jane Doe" or "Abraham Lincoln" before you proceed with a wiki authoring/editing session. Please use your real name, as that would allow contributions to be properly attributed to you. You will need to use a password (even if it's simple) so that your identity does not get spoofed too easily. Note that an email verification is needed for your new account to take effect. Text formatting rules for this flavor of wiki can be found at the Getting_Started page. For other guidelines to working with this Wiki, please read our Wiki_Style_Guide and Wiki_Process_Guide. First time users could read more about wiki's (say, at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki) and then play in the Sand_Box.
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Editing of any wiki page can be done (after one has logged in) by loading that page on your browser, and then click on the "Edit" tab at the top of a page. Do your edits in the editing dialog box. One may click on the "Show preview" (or "Show changes") button to see how the new edits look like. When you are satisfied with the edit, please click on the "Save page" button (at the bottom of the page) to update the page. For significant edits, it is recommended that one should make an entry to "Summary" field to document the edit and help highlight what that edit session entailed (for the ease of future retrieval.) You may be challenged to perform some simple task (like solving a simple arithmetic problem) so the system can confirm that you are not a "spambot."
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- we currently have over ___ members in the community, coming from over __ different countries (more than ___ locations) around the world. (6A)
- New Members (6B)
- anyone who would want to participate and contribute in accordance with this CoP's charter, and consents to abide by its IPR policy and other by-laws which the community shall set-forth, is welcomed to join. To date, there is no fee or cost to participate, except that members are expected to be team players and contribute to our mission as much as, and in whatever way they can. (6B2)
- all members should use their real names when transacting in the KM@KENT community's collaborative work environment (CWE). (6B3)
- to join us, please send an e-mail to Drew Shipka <ashipka@kent.edu> to confirming your desire to join the KM@KENT community (please indicate in your email whether you are participating as a member or as an observer.) (6B3A)
- if you have questions, please feel free to e-mail our CWE-admin: Drew Shipka <ashipka@kent.edu> (6B3B)
- Membership categories - Active Members, Members & Observers (see [ discussion]) (6C)
- Members (6D)
- all members are encouraged to create, populate and maintain their namesake page on this wiki, so that others in the community can get to know them easily. (6D1)
- refer to the description [ above] to create your namesake page (since it is probably the first time you will be editing on this wiki too.) This is the page where you tell people who you are. (6D1B)
- please ensure that your posts are relevant (to our Community Charter), and that it complies with our [ contribution policy] (stated below) and IPR Policy. (6D1C)
- Contribution Policy - unless specifically requested/solicited by other community member(s), please make sure any commercial- or self-promotion material or reference are strictly limited to one's namesake page or a short signature block, and nowhere else as far as our open collaborative work environment is concerned. The co-conveners reserve the right to relocate or remove such material from within the CWE, if deemed inappropriately done, to the extent that it affects the neutrality and commercial free work environment that this CWE is set out to be. (6D2)
- CWE Community - http://community.cim3.net/wiki/ - a good reference on how the CWE could augment your work here, at the KM@KENT collaborative work environment. (7A)
- ... (add here) ... (7B)
- try creating a new project by referencing (or copying) the structure shown on the Template_Project_Page (7C)
(the following is being implemented, and is not in production yet ... please check back!)
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- Currently, the following discussion workspaces (archived email forum) are available: (8D)
- [knowledge-economy] - discussion archived at - http://kmatkent.cim3.net/forum/knowledge-economy/ (8D3)
- [kmatkent-admin] - discussion archived at - http://kmatkent.cim3.net/forum/kmatkent-admin/ (administrator access only) (8D4)
- To Post: e-mail to <forum-name@kmatkent.cim3.net> e.g. kmatkent-forum@kmatkent.cim3.net (8E)
- File-Sharing Workspace / Document Repository: (community member only; password protected) (8F)
- To access the File Workspace - see: http://community.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FileWorkspaceAccess (8F6)
- Leveraging Effective Collaboration in Communities & Open Distributed Teams by PeterYim of CIM3 (March 2004) (9F)
- We are using, predominantly, Open Source or Free Software in this CWE. The article: "Understanding Open Source Software" by Mark Webbink, Esq. of Red Hat (published Dec. 31, 2003) should help explain what "open source sofwtare" is, and demystify some of the legal and intellectual property rights issues in software licensing. (9J)
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy - All contribution to this collaborative work environment (cwe) shall be deemed to have been made under an open content license, open publication license or one of the free software or open source licenses. (See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/free_content)
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- unless otherwise specified, content within this collaborative work environment shall be subject to the (cc) Creative Commons license(s), where the Attribution only "cc-by-3.0" license arrangement shall apply as a default, with the rights attributable to the author(s) making the respective contribution(s), and to the owner of this cwe. (10B)
- those who are unable to contribute under the above licensing arrangements should refrain from contributing to the cwe content. (10C)
This page should only be edited by the CWE-Administrator or his/her designate. Please email him/her your questions, suggestions, edits, etc.
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