1. INTRODUCTION TO MAPNET WIKI Anar Khan on behalf of AgResearch IS Bioinformatics, Mathematics and Statistics 10/10/2006

2. WHAT IS A WIKI? An interactive website which YOU can edit YOU can easily add, remove and edit webpage content No HTML knowledge is required Collaborative authoring: a new approach to publishing “Each contributor has an equal ability to add, edit, and remove text. The writing process becomes a recursive task, where each change prompts others to make more changes.” Wiki makes collaboration easy Share ideas Share documents, e.g. pdfs, Word Share resources, e.g. links to useful websites

3. WHAT IS A WIKI? Wikipedia: “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.”

4. WHY MAPNET WIKI? To foster interaction amongst MapNet members Exchange of ideas, methods, resources, results, know-how MapNet Wiki provides A focal point for MapNet members A means of informal communication A place to deposit and view documents of common interest Anything you think would be appropriate…

5. MAPNET WIKI FEATURES Security enabled Outside users cannot view the MapNet Wiki You must register to see/edit content Current events page Use to inform others of upcoming events, e.g. conferences, courses Contacts page A list of all MapNet participants History and Recent Changes pages All changes are recorded, including author’s name, date, time Reverting to an earlier version is easy if a mistake is made

6. LIVE DEMO https://mapnet.agresearch.co.nz/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

7. REGISTRATION, HELP AND FEEDBACK A MapNet Wiki Info Sheet is included in your Molecular Mapping Workshop registration pack Info on how to register Basic summary of useful editing commands Your ideas, feedback and suggestions are welcome anytime: Jason Mitchell (IS, AgResearch) Jason.Mitchell@agresearch.co.nz