"Blogs" and "wikis" are valuable software tools for communication within research groups.

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General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Experimental Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Charité-Campus Virchow, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Published: January 2005

AI Article Synopsis

  • Using special software tools can help research groups talk better and find information easier.
  • A weblog is a website where people write and share posts in order, while a wiki is a type of website where many people can work together to create and edit documents.
  • Both blogs and wikis can help teams share their knowledge quickly and manage information without needing complicated and expensive technology.

Article Abstract

Appropriate software tools may improve communication and ease access to knowledge for research groups. A weblog is a website which contains periodic, chronologically ordered posts on a common webpage, whereas a wiki is hypertext-based collaborative software that enables documents to be authored collectively using a web browser. Although not primarily intended for use as an intranet-based collaborative knowledge warehouse, both blogs and wikis have the potential to offer all the features of complex and expensive IT solutions. These tools enable the team members to share knowledge simply and quickly-the collective knowledge base of the group can be efficiently managed and navigated.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1594.2004.29005.xDOI Listing

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