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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
[http://openguides.org OpenGuides] is a complete system for running a wiki about some subject where geographical location is important. It's mostly used to run guides to a town or city. It's an open source wiki-based web application written in Perl. | [http://openguides.org OpenGuides] is a complete system for running a wiki about some subject where geographical location is important. It's mostly used to run guides to a town or city. It's an open source wiki-based web application written in Perl. | ||
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Our StructuredData is implemented via user-friendly individual text boxes rather than MediaWiki-style templates; see for example [http://boston.openguides.org/?id=Sandbox;action=edit Sandbox edit] on the [[Open Guide to Boston]]. | Our StructuredData is implemented via user-friendly individual text boxes rather than MediaWiki-style templates; see for example [http://boston.openguides.org/?id=Sandbox;action=edit Sandbox edit] on the [[Open Guide to Boston]]. | ||
We chose to use SQL storage because it's flexible, and it allows guide admins to create customised queries and features; see for example [http://london.randomness.org.uk/scripts/find.cgi the category search] on the [[Randomness Guide to London]]. We included SQLite support for situations where running a proper database server isn't possible; SQLite is a complete SQL engine which stores all its data in a single file on disk. | We chose to use SQL storage because it's flexible, and it allows guide admins to create customised queries and features; see for example [http://london.randomness.org.uk/scripts/find.cgi the category search] on the [[Randomness Guide to London]]. We included [http://sqlite.org SQLite] support for situations where running a proper database server isn't possible; SQLite is a complete SQL engine which stores all its data in a single file on disk. | ||
====Community:==== | ====Community:==== | ||
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