MindTouch Releases First Service-Oriented Wiki

MindTouch today announced the immediate availability of Deki Wiki “Hayes,” a free open-source wiki and application platform for communities and enterprises. MindTouch Deki Wiki is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL v2). For download and other information, visit http://wiki.opengarden.org/Deki_Wiki/Release/Hayes.

“Deki Wiki ‘Hayes’ is a powerful platform for developers to bridge many disparate applications, databases or data stores,” said Aaron Fulkerson, co-founder and vice president of Products at MindTouch. “We’re also giving non-techie users the ability to create composite applications and data mashups, making this an excellent vehicle for social media creation and aggregation.”

Deki Wiki has an award-winning user interface and robust feature set that includes: WYSIWYG editing, advanced permissions, file versioning and indexing, image galleries, and more. Among its many new features is a comprehensive API, which allows Deki Wiki to integrate with other applications using XML, JSON or PHP. The API provides methods for operating on pages, files and users, enabling developers to extend their applications with wiki capabilities.

“MindTouch Deki Wiki delivers an innovative language-agnostic application platform. Being built on Mono also makes Deki Wiki system agnostic,” said Miguel de Icaza, vice president for Developer Platforms at Novell and founder of the Gnome and Mono projects. “With Deki Wiki ‘Hayes,’ MindTouch has combined the most flexible deployment options with the most advanced wiki feature set available.”

Also introduced is an innovative service-oriented extension model where Web applications and services become accessible through Deki Wiki. For example, an extension could be invoked to compute results in a table or visualized as a graph. Extensions, which can be hosted anywhere, can operate on content to present it in alternative formats. For example, content can easily be converted into images, charts or graphs. Deki Wiki ships with several extension services including Microsoft Windows Live services, maps, Widgetbox widgets, photo effects and more.

“Adding services, like Microsoft Windows Live Controls, as a built-in component to a wiki is super interesting; MindTouch Deki Wiki is truly breaking new ground,” said George Moore, general manager, Windows Live Platform at Microsoft.

Other new features in Deki Wiki “Hayes” include:

* Support for multiple authentication services including OpenLDAP, Drupal, Active Directory, Wordpress and Joomla

* Full skinning and customization capabilities

* Tagging, chronological tagging, tag categories

* Commenting

* Media gallery and image tools

* Support for embedding rich media like videos and widgets

* And more…

Thousands of organizations have already deployed Deki Wiki and are reaping the benefits. Flexible and easy to use, it features an intuitive WYSIWYG editing experience, making Deki Wiki an ideal choice for intranets, extranets and interactive web sites. It can also power community sites and encyclopedic resources, and serve as a platform for social content creation and aggregation. Deki Wiki is powerful, supported and enterprise-ready. To learn more, visit http://MindTouch.com or MindTouch’s developer community at http://OpenGarden.org.

About MindTouch

MindTouch is a leading open-source wiki company. Its core products include Nexus, a wiki publishing and social media platform for online media and brands, and Deki Wiki, a free open-source wiki and application platform for communities and enterprises. MindTouch products are deployed by major media companies and online communities, small to large enterprises, research institutions, and government agencies worldwide. MindTouch is privately held and headquartered in San Diego. Please visit www.MindTouch.com and www.OpenGarden.org for more information.