%0 Journal Article %T Knowledge management by wikis %A Sander Spek %J Computer Science %D 2008 %I arXiv %X Wikis provide a new way of collaboration and knowledge sharing. Wikis are software that allows users to work collectively on a web-based knowledge base. Wikis are characterised by a sense of anarchism, collaboration, connectivity, organic development and self-healing, and they rely on trust. We list several concerns about applying wikis in professional organisation. After these concerns are met, wikis can provide a progessive, new knowledge sharing and collaboration tool. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.0745v1