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The WIPO Community Space enables WIPO employees to collaborate using Wikis and Blogs.

What is a "Wiki"?

A Wiki refers to a collaborate working space which allows users to create and edit web pages easily and to write documents collaboratively. Probably, the best example of a Wiki is http://www.wikipedia.org.
For a short introductions to Wikis we recommend to watch the following video "Wikis in plain English" by clicking on the image on the right. For more detailed information, see definition of a Wiki from wikipedia.

What is a "Blog"?

Blogs usually contain news items listed in reverse chronological order. Readers are often allowed to leave comments. For a short introduction see the video "Blogs in plain English" or read the Definition of a blog on www.wikipedia.org.

WIPO Community Space

The WIPO Community Space consists of many separate spaces owned and updated by individuals or teams. These spaces can be used to create Wikis or Blogs or a mixture of both. Access to spaces can be restricted to individual users and to groups of users (e.g. organizational units, project teams, working groups) or opened up so every employee can view the space content.

An index of all accessible spaces can be viewed via a customizable entry point called the "Dashboard". In here, users can group spaces together into "Team Spaces" or "My Spaces" to enable easy access to the content that is most relevant to each user.

How to use this tool

The software behind the Community space (Confluence) is a simple, practical web application that makes it easy for you and your colleagues to collaborate, share information and to manage knowledge.

See below some examples and ideas how to use this tool:

• the creation of documents requiring input from several authors (collaborative writing); users can decide with whom they wish to share their documents;
• discussing documents online; each document can have its "discussion list"
• posting and sharing meeting agendas, meeting minutes, mission reports, project related information, planning documents
• organizing information and building knowledge bases
• writing blogs and commenting on contributions from others
• collecting and sharing bookmarks about various topics (social bookmarking or Folksonomy)

Getting started

• take a Community Space Feature Tour
• go to the Confluence Demonstration Space for a tutorial and advanced topics about the software
• to browse existing spaces, open the Dashboard
• to set up a space or to obtain further information, please contact web.support@wipo.int

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