Inter Wiki Index

A simple implementable scheme for the use of interwiki links at the page level:

Each wiki creates a 2 to 16 character unique word to be used for reference to its wiki:

The choice as to whether a site would participate in the InterWiki, could be very simply a result of having a ReadOnlyPage called InterWikiSite.

Within this page would be at least 4 ReadOnly components:

A shorthand 2 to 4 character InterWikiPrefix:
- c2
A longer InterWiki Name:
- WardsWiki
A link to a ReadOnlyPage called InterWikiPages, which would contain the names of all pages which an InterWiki Site Administrator has made available for insertion into the InterWiki.
- This might be all pages or just a selected number of the pages
An InterWikiLogo created in a standard size gif 76 by 76 pixels, or as Specified in a InterWikiStandard
- this could then be used within menus or pages.

Modification Required

The modifications that might have to be made to the participating wiki's Server would be relatively simple:

Decisions:

Each wiki would make a choice as to what wikis it would link to,
- capture from the chose wikis:
  - InterWikiLogo,
  - InterWikiPrefix and
  - InterWikiPageList

Processes:

Process the InterWikiPageList in such a way as to present their existence to users of its wiki,
- either inpage at the link level using the WikiWord,
- or at the page level in a footer menu -- similar to the way Ward shows the SisterSites

Presentations: The method used to display and link to the InterWiki would be something like the following:

Example Page - FrontPage - here showing two representative wikis:
- c2:FrontPage
- mb:FrontPage

Other possible presentations:

Reference to multiple links:
- InterWiki:FrontPage (where a menu of the multiple link choices would be displayed)
The wiki could include some sort of lookup of selected links:
- Clicking on the Interwiki:FrontPage link could execute the search and present the results.