[cap-talk] Which wiki? (was: Re: Object-Capability Patterns: An Historical Overview)

[Jed Donnelley]

On 3/19/2008 3:56 PM, Toby Murray wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 15:12 +0000, Toby Murray wrote:
>> Hi cap-talk,
>>
>> I'm trying to gather together a list of common object-capability
>> patterns that have consistently reappeared in various object-capability
>> systems throughout the past few decades. 
> 
>> One goal here would be to archive this information on wiki.erights.org
>> in a sensible place. Once the list reaches a fixed-point, I'd be happy
>> to do that.
> 
> A rough first cut is now at
> http://wiki.erights.org/wiki/Object-Capability_patterns
> 
> PLEASE take a quick look to make sure that I haven't missed or
> miscredited anyone or any system here or included something where it
> otherwise shouldn't be.

Interesting.

Sorry to take the discussion in another direction, but
has there been any consideration on this list of "where"
we should put content of this sort?  E.g. on which
wiki?

We have at least Wikipedia and the above erights.org
wiki as possibilities.  Are there (or should there
be?) others?

What are the desirable properties that we might
want to look for in a wiki?  I can quickly think of:

1.  Compatibility (e.g. making it easy to move to
another if need be).

2.  Longevity (do we have to mirror the content,
what happens if support dries up...).

3.  Control in all it's many aspects, may include:

4.  Review infrastructure - + or -?

...

--Jed  http://www.webstart.com/jed/