Federated Wiki (formerly Smallest Federated Wiki) is a collaborative knowledge application developed by

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which adds forking features found in source control systems and other

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tools to

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s. The project was launched at IndieWebCamp 2011. The software allows its users to fork wiki pages, maintaining their own copies. Federation supports what Cunningham has described as "a chorus of voices" where users share content but maintain their individual perspectives. This multi-point of view approach contrasts with wikis such as

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that have a single article for each topic managed by

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Federated Wiki – A conversation with Jeff Rimland and Ward Cunningham
nbsp;– a video podcast published by the Center for Online Innovation in Learning
Missing from the Beginning: The Federation of Wiki
– presentation by Ward Cunningham at the University of Advanced Technology 2011 software Computing platforms Wiki software Software using the GNU General Public License {{cms-software-stub

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