A Collaborative Writing Approach to Wikis: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Trackdown: Collaborative Writing and Editing of R Markdown (Or Sweave
Package ‘trackdown’ August 6, 2021 Title Collaborative Writing and Editing of R Markdown (or Sweave) Documents in Google Drive Version 1.0.0 Description Collaborative writing and editing of R Markdown (or Sweave) documents. The lo- cal .Rmd (or .Rnw) is uploaded as a plain-text file to Google Drive. By taking advan- tage of the easily readable Markdown (or LaTeX) syntax and the well-known online interface of- fered by Google Docs, collaborators can easily contribute to the writing and editing process. Af- ter integrating all authors’ contributions, the final document can be downloaded and rendered lo- cally. Depends R (>= 3.5) License GPL-3 Encoding UTF-8 Imports cli (>= 3.0.0), googledrive (> 1.0.1), rmarkdown Suggests covr, devtools, gargle, knitr, pagedown, sodium, testthat (>= 3.0.0), vcr Config/testthat/edition 3 RoxygenNote 7.1.1 VignetteBuilder knitr URL https://github.com/claudiozandonella/trackdown/, https://claudiozandonella.github.io/trackdown/ BugReports https://github.com/claudiozandonella/trackdown/issues NeedsCompilation no Author Emily Kothe [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1210-0554>), Claudio Zandonella Callegher [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7721-6318>), Filippo Gambarota [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6666-1747>), Janosch Linkersdörfer [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1577-1233>), Mathew Ling [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0940-2538>) Maintainer Claudio Zandonella Callegher <[email protected]> Repository CRAN Date/Publication 2021-08-06 18:20:02 UTC 1 2 trackdown-package R topics documented: trackdown-package . .2 download_file . .4 render_file . .4 update_file . .5 upload_file . .6 Index 8 trackdown-package trackdown - R package for improving collaborative writing Description The trackdown package offers a simple solution for collaborative writing and editing of R Mark- down (or Sweave) documents. -
The Ridesharing Revolution: Economic Survey and Synthesis
The Ridesharing Revolution: Economic Survey and Synthesis Robert Hahn and Robert Metcalfe* January 10, 2017 Paper prepared for Oxford University Press Volume IV: More Equal by Design: Economic design responses to inequality. Eds. Scott Duke Kominers and Alex Teytelboym. Abstract Digital ridesharing platforms, such as Uber and Lyft, are part of a broader suite of innovations that constitute what is sometimes referred to as the sharing economy. In this essay, we provide an overview of current research on the economic efficiency and equity characteristics of ridesharing platforms, and provide a research agenda that includes an examination of the natural evolution toward driverless cars. We have three main findings: first, relatively little is known about either the equity and efficiency properties of ridesharing platforms, but this is likely to change as companies and researchers focus on these issues. Second, we may be able to learn something about the likely diffusion and benefits of these technologies from experience with other policies and technologies. Third, while we believe these platforms will do substantially more good than harm, the measurement, distribution, and size of the gains from these technologies requires further research. * Robert Hahn is professor and director of economics at the Smith School at the University of Oxford, a non-resident senior fellow at Brookings, and a senior fellow at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy. Robert Metcalfe is Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Economics at the University of Chicago. We would like to thank Ted Gayer, Jonathan Hall, Scott Kominers, Jonathan Meer, Alex Teytelboym, Scott Wallsten, and Cliff Winston for helpful comments and Julia Schmitz, Brian Campbell and Samantha van Urk for excellent research assistance. -
Wikis Supporting PLM and Technical Documentation Nils Høimyr, Peter L
Wikis supporting PLM and Technical Documentation Nils Høimyr, Peter L. Jones, CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Switzerland Abstract Over the last years, Wikis have arisen as powerful tools for collaborative documentation on the Internet. The Encyclopaedia Wikipedia has become a reference, and the power of community editing in a Wiki allows for capture of knowledge from contributors all over the world. Use of a Wiki for Technical Documentation, along with hyper-links to other data sources such as a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system, provides a very effective collaboration tool as information can be easily feed into the system throughout the project life-cycle. In particular for software- and hardware projects with rapidly evolving documentation, the Wiki approach has proved to be successful. Certain Wiki implementations, such as TWiki, are project-oriented and include functionality such as automatic page revisioning. This paper addresses the use of TWiki to document hardware and software projects at CERN, from the requirements and brain-storming phase to end-product documentation. 2 examples are covered: large scale engineering for the ATLAS Experiment, and a network management software project. .1 Introduction CERN is currently reaching the installation and commissioning stage of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerator project as well as the completion of the LHC Experiment Detectors (ATLAS, ALICE, CMS and LHCb) “large as cathedrals”. Along with the Accelerator and Detector hardware, there is the LHC Computing Grid project LCG, to build a worldwide computing grid to allow for simulation and analysis of all the data from the LHC physics experiments by physicists scattered all over the world. -
Spacetime Characterization of Real-Time Collaborative Editing Gabriele D’Angelo, Angelo Di Iorio, Stefano Zacchiroli
Spacetime Characterization of Real-Time Collaborative Editing Gabriele d’Angelo, Angelo Di Iorio, Stefano Zacchiroli To cite this version: Gabriele d’Angelo, Angelo Di Iorio, Stefano Zacchiroli. Spacetime Characterization of Real-Time Collaborative Editing. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction , Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018, CSCW, 2, pp.1-19. 10.1145/3274310. hal-01882069 HAL Id: hal-01882069 https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01882069 Submitted on 26 Sep 2018 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. 41 Spacetime Characterization of Real-Time Collaborative Editing GABRIELE D’ANGELO, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy ANGELO DI IORIO, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy STEFANO ZACCHIROLI, IRIF, University Paris Diderot & Inria, France Real-Time Collaborative Editing (RTCE) is a popular way of instrumenting cooperative work on documents, in particular on the Web. Little is known in the literature yet about RTCE usage patterns in the real world. In this paper we study how a popular RTCE editor (Etherpad) is used in the wild, digging into the edit histories of a large collection of documents (about 14 000 pads), retrieved from one of the most popular public instances of the platform, hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. -
Studying Abroad in Costa Rica
Studying Abroad in Costa Rica By Joel Winters Travel Tips 1. DO NOT PACK LIGHT a. Bring a lot of comfortable clothes 2. Purchase a flight ticket back to the US within a 90 day period and cancel upon your arrival (some airlines will claim you need a VISA but you don’t and this will help with that) 3. DO NOT FORGET YOUR PASSPORT a. Make copies of your passport and license 4. Pack toiletries, sunscreen, and any of your favorite snacks in a CHECKED BAG a. Sunscreen costs about 15$ USD for a bottle in Costa Rica 5. Exchange USD for colones, have a debit card, and an emergency credit card Arrival Guide You will arrive at Juan Santamaria International airport (SJO), then you will have to go through customs. Show the customs officer your passport, destination, and answer any questions they ask. It is better not to talk unless they ask you a question. It only took me 10 minutes to get through customs but it can take more than an hour at some times. Next you will collect your bags and head out to find your host family (they will have a sign with your name on it). It is helpful to know basic Spanish because the host family will most likely not speak English. If they are talking too fast for you to understand it is okay to ask them to speak slower. I knew many people in the study abroad program that did not know any Spanish at all so knowing the language is not necessary to study abroad but it will make your adjustment easier. -
Devopsuse: Community-Driven Continuous Innovation of Web Information Infrastructures
DevOpsUse: Community-Driven Continuous Innovation of Web Information Infrastructures Von der Fakultät für Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften genehmigte Dissertation vorgelegt von Diplom-Medieninformatiker István Koren aus Budapest, Ungarn Berichter: Universitätsprofessor Dr. rer. pol. Matthias Jarke Universitätsprofessor Dr.-Ing. Günther Schuh Privatdozent Dr. rer. nat. Ralf Klamma Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 8. Mai 2020 Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseiten der Universitätsbibliothek online verfügbar. ii Abstract Since its invention in 1989, the only reliable factor on the Web has been its continuous change and diffusion into more and more application areas. The evolution was shaped by an interplay of new technologies on the one hand, and innovative application ideas from communities on the other. At a technological scale, alternation between vastly distributed and centralized architectures can be observed. The current challenges caused by the ongoing digital transformation are changing workplace settings and the adoption of the Internet of Things in industrial use cases, as for example in the context of Industry 4.0. On the Web, new technologies and device types sprawl together with new communication protocols and revised application programming interfaces (APIs). This inhibits the demanded rapid innovation cycles and creates a disruptive and unstable environment in which the requirements of endless communities must be met. Information systems infrastructure, while only partially visible and thus hard to grasp, has a strong influence on user practices. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to stabilize the dichotomies apparent in the Web by means of an agile information systems development methodology. -
Cities Towards Mobility 2.0: Connect, Share and Go! Smart Choices for Cities Cities Towards Mobility 2.0: Connect, Share and Go!
Smart choices for cities Cities towards Mobility 2.0: connect, share and go! Smart choices for cities Cities towards Mobility 2.0: connect, share and go! Pictures © Shutterstock, 2016, pages: 1, 7, 10, 13, 16, 21, 24, 27, 34, 38, 39, 42. 2 Smart choices for cities Cities towards Mobility 2.0: connect, share and go! Table of contents Preface. 4 Summary. 5 Introduction . 6 The.new.paradigm.of.Mobility.2 .0:.trends.and.challenges. 9 Shared-mobility.concepts.and.experiences . 13 Car sharing . 15 Bike sharing . 20 Ride sharing . 23 Ride sourcing . 26 Park sharing. 28 Shared freight mobility . 30 Impacts.and.benefits. 36 Environmental impacts: is shared mobility the green option? . 36 Does shared mobility expand social benefits and equity in transport accessibility?. 37 Economic impacts of shared mobility . 38 Role.of.public.authorities. 40 Conclusions. 43 References . 45 Web.references. 48 3 Smart choices for cities Cities towards Mobility 2.0: connect, share and go! Preface The objective of the CIVITAS WIKI project is to provide This new mobility paradigm has relevant impacts on cities information to European city planners, decision-makers and their mobility planning strategies and plans, and gives and citizens on clean urban transport and on the CIVITAS rise to several questions. How can cities best manage the Initiative. With its policy notes, WIKI wants to inform people emergence of these new shared-mobility services? How can in cities on a number of topics that currently play an important the relationship between private and public interests best be role in urban mobility. managed? What benefits and opportunities can be identified and exploited at city level? What challenges and potential This policy analysis focuses on the topic of shared mobility. -
Blackboard Wiki Guide
Blackboard Wikis Create a Wiki What is a Wiki? A wiki is a collaborative tool that allows you to contribute and modify one or more pages of course-related materials. A wiki provides an area where you can collaborate on content. Course members can create and edit wiki pages that pertain to the course or a course group. Instructors and students can offer comments, and your instructor can grade individual work. How Do I Create a Wiki? 1. On the wiki topic page, select Create Wiki Page. 2. Type a name and information in the Content text box. You can use the editor options to format the text and include files, images, web links, multimedia, and mashups. 3. Select Submit. Working with Text While you add text to your course, you can protect against loss of work if an internet connection loss or software error occurs. You can type in an offline text editor, such as Notepad or TextEdit, and then copy and paste your work into your course. Or, before you submit or save, you can copy all of the text you want to add. Select the text and right-click to copy it. You can also use key combinations to copy and paste: • Windows: Ctrl + A to select all the text, Ctrl + C to copy, and Ctrl + V to paste. • Mac: Command + A to select all the text, Command + C to copy, and Command + V to paste. Quinnipiac University Online Blackboard Blogs Page 1 Pasting with Microsoft Word You will have the best results if you type your text directly in the editor and format it with the available options. -
Wiki Software for Knowledge Management in Organisations
Spoilt for Choice - Wiki Software for Knowledge Management in Organisations Katarzyna Grzeganek, Ingo Frost, Daphne Gross Pumacy Technologies AG EMAIL: [email protected] Abstract The article presents the most popular wiki solutions and provides an analysis of features and functionalities based on organisational needs for the management of knowledge. All wiki solutions are compared to usability, search function, structuring and validation of knowledge. Keywords Wiki, Organisation, Knowledge Management, Analysis, Assessment, Feature, Platform, Documentation, Usability, Research, Structuring, Security, Integration, Quality, Validation URL http://www.pumacy.de/en/publications/wikis_fuer_wissensmanagement.html Spoilt for choice - Wiki Software in Organisations ................................................................... 1 1. Preface................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Wiki software for organisations ......................................................................................... 2 3. Presentation of wiki solutions ............................................................................................ 5 4. Wikis & Knowledge Management: Criteria and Analysis................................................. 8 4.1. Knowledge management across the organisation—ease of use.................................. 8 4.2. Structured Knowledge Base........................................................................................ 9 4.3. -
WHY USE a WIKI? an Introduction to the Latest Online Publishing Format
WHY USE A WIKI? An Introduction to the Latest Online Publishing Format A WebWorks.com White Paper Author: Alan J. Porter VP-Operations WebWorks.com a brand of Quadralay Corporation [email protected] WW_WP0309_WIKIpub © 2009 – Quadralay Corporation. All rights reserved. NOTE: Please feel free to redistribute this white paper to anyone you feel may benefit. If you would like an electronic copy for distribution, just send an e-mail to [email protected] CONTENTS Overview................................................................................................................................ 2 What is a Wiki? ...................................................................................................................... 2 Open Editing = Collaborative Authoring .................................................................................. 3 Wikis in More Detail................................................................................................................ 3 Wikis Are Everywhere ............................................................................................................ 4 Why Use a Wiki...................................................................................................................... 5 Getting People to Use Wikis ................................................................................................... 8 Populating the Wiki................................................................................................................. 9 WebWorks ePublisher and Wikis -
More Than Writing Text: Multiplicity in Collaborative Academic Writing
More Than Writing Text: Multiplicity in Collaborative Academic Writing Ida Larsen-Ledet Ph.D. Thesis Department of Computer Science Aarhus University Denmark More Than Writing Text: Multiplicity in Collaborative Academic Writing A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Aarhus University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Ph.D. Degree. by Ida Larsen-Ledet November 2, 2020 Abstract This thesis explores collaborative academic writing with a focus on how it is medi- ated by multiple technologies. The thesis presents findings from two empirical stud- ies with university students and researchers: The first combined semi-structured interviews with visualizations of document editing activity to explore transitions through co-writers’ artifact ecologies along with co-writers’ motivations for per- forming these transitions. The second study was a three-stage co-design workshop series that progressed from dialog through ideation to exploration of a prototype for a shared editor that was based on the participants’ proposed features and designs. The contribution from the second study to this thesis is the analysis of participants’ viewpoints and ideas. The analyses of these findings contribute a characterization of co-writers’ practical and social motivations for using multiple tools in their collaborations, and the chal- lenges this poses for sharing and adressing the work. Multiplicity is also addressed in terms of co-writers bringing multiple and diverse needs and preferences into the writing, and how these may be approached in efforts to design and improve support for collaborative writing. Additionally, the notion of text function is introduced to describe the text’s role as a mediator of the writing. -
De-Risking Government Technology: Federal Agency Field Guide
De-risking Government Technology Federal Agency Field Guide September 2020 2 DE-RISKING GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY Acknowledgements Numerous contributors across GSA made this work possible. We’d like to thank: Project Team Mark Hopson Randy Hart Waldo Jaquith Igor Korenfeld Vicki McFadden Rebecca Refoy Alicia Rouault With Support From Christine Bath, 18F Design Heather Battaglia, 18F Engineering Kristina Britt, TTS outreach Ron Bronson, 18F Design Will Cahoe, 10x Ryan Johnson, 18F Design Nico Papafil, 10x Steven Reilly, 18F Engineering Dahianna Salazar Foreman, TTS outreach 18F Writing Lab Office of Strategic Communications Office of General Counsel TTS Front Office TTS Communications 4 DE-RISKING GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 Introduction 6 03 Deciding what to buy 60 About the editors 7 Conduct Modern Market Research 61 Structure of this handbook 8 Use the Agile contract format to procure Agile software 75 development services Basic principles of modern software design 9 Use time and material contract types for custom Agile software 83 development services 02 Planning 20 Evaluate contractor proposals based on industry best practices 89 Assign dedicated and empowered product owners to lead 21 development efforts 04 Doing the work 102 Involve end users early and often in software development efforts 24 Host an effective post-award kick-off meeting to energize 103 Consider tradeoffs in build-or-buy decisions, taking all factors 26 folks for the work to come into consideration Oversee Agile projects by measuring end user outcomes