In Search of the Truth; Assessing On-line Encyclopedias.

1. Wikipedia.

1.1. collaborative creation

1.2. implement a space based structure

1.3. open source

1.4. iconic slogan; 'anyone can edit

1.5. offers a 'first draft of history' as then to ever more solid reps

1.6. JW describes its 'self healing quality

1.7. communal evaluation

1.8. open participation

1.9. content will remain incomplete

2. Representations of Knowledge.

2.1. to encapsulate the current state of knowledge

2.2. a variety of common representations

3. Traditional approach

3.1. encapsulate the current accepted knowledge

3.2. Britannica

3.3. Nupedia (failure to recognise the public as co-creatiors)

3.4. founded in the tradition of industrial production

3.5. closed particpation

4. Structures of knowledge.

4.1. ad hoc/multiple linkages/heretical

4.2. hierarchical