- SWiK
Infobox Website
name = SWiK.net
url = [http://swik.net swik.net]
type =Wiki
author =SourceLabs
owner = [http://www.sourcelabs.com www.sourcelabs.com]
launch date =June 22 ,2004 SWiK.net is a open-access
wiki created by SourceLabs to documentopen source software. Swik.net publishes articles on software development of open source projects. The software used was independently written by SourceLabs. SWiK also allows for syndication ofRSS feeds which enables rapid publication of projectnews feed s, orblog s. SWiK allows the automatic creation of content, with results varying possibly due to how difficult it is to extract information from external websites. [cite web|url=http://www.linux-mag.com/id/1960|title=A Look At SourceLabs' SWiK|date=2005-07-08|publisher=Linux Magazine |accessdate=2008-05-13]According to Alex Bosworth [cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/prnewswire/access/974923471.html?dids=974923471:974923471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|title=SWiK, the Popular Online Community for Open Source Projects, Shows Significant Traffic Gains] , the original creator of SWiK, the wiki is most used for finding related open source projects, getting news about projects they are working on, collaborating on documentation, and publicizing their own open source projects.
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* [http://swik.net SWiK.net]
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