[Dspace-general] DSpace wiki migration project

[Valorie Hollister]

Dear DSpace Community,

After many community discussions and some limited testing, the DuraSpace 
organization would like to propose migrating the DSpace wiki, currently 
based on MediaWiki to a Confluence wiki. The migration would provide 
more wiki functionality to the DSpace community, including:
* Ability to edit using a basic Word-like interface (WYSIWYG interface)
* Ability to export pages to Word/PDF
* Capable of supporting the DSpace manual natively to ease editing and 
contributing
* Support for simple diagrams
* Better integration into existing DuraSpace.org infrastructure

In addition, moving the DSpace wiki to Confluence would also mean that 
both the DSpace and the Fedora communities would use the same wiki 
platform, allowing for more easily shared information infrastructure.

We are currently looking for repository administrators/managers or other 
interested volunteers to help us clean up, reorganize and test migrated 
wiki content.  Other tasks may include helping us redesign and 
restructure the new wiki space. Your help will ensure the DSpace Wiki 
receives a much needed facelift!  The project is likely to begin in the 
next few weeks (exact date forthcoming) and last a month. We estimate 
the project to take a few hours a week. Please contact me if you are 
interested in helping out with the wiki migration project.

Valorie Hollister
Director of Community Development, DSpace Project
DuraSpace
vhollister at duraspace.org
Skype: vhollister