RE: CMS vs. Wiki

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> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:27:43 +1100
> From: "Ben Noblet" <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [CMS] CMS vs. Wiki
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>>>I was contemplating the collaborative aspect for our purposes and
>>>appreciate your pointers.  We need to manage a number of 
>>>records in a database
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>>It sounds like you already have the database? If so, then I 
>>think all you need is someone to write a web interface to
>>allow you to view and update the records.
> 
> 
> Some big-end CMS vendors have tools to integrate stuff that is stored in an
> existing database.  But these tend to be incredibly complex and expensive to
> implement.  If that's all you need from the product then it would definitely
> be overkill.
> 
> A wiki would be no good at dealing with structured data in a database.  
> 
> I'd agree with Darrel - get someone to build you some forms and processing
> logic.
> 
> Cheers
> Ben
Right, at the point where a Wiki handles structured data it seems to me 
to approximate a CMS.  Part of my hope was that I could do what's needed 
myself with a Wiki which would make it faster to implement, and I would 
have tight control over it, but that appears impossible now.
Thanks for your input!
Cheerio,
Dierk