<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>WikiCourse/52 Structure in the wiki</title></articleinfo><section><title>Structure in the wiki</title><section><title>Hierarchy levels</title><para>Many conventional websites use very branched structures with many hierarchy levels. </para><para>In wikis linking is heavily used. A simpler structure is often used to simplify matters: </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>all important topics are located in main pages. </para></listitem><listitem><para>only if a topic has many subtopics (which aren't main topics), subpages are used. </para><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata depth="16" fileref="http://www.nnx.me//moin_static197/ninuxtheme02/img/idea.png" width="16"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>(!)</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> Sub pages are named as <code>MainPage/SubPage</code> </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>Conventions</title><para>A wiki gives much freedom to the users; there aren't input masks like in database applications, but you can, in principle, do whatever you want and do it however you want. </para><para>Of course, you should avoid that to prevent complete chaos. <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata depth="16" fileref="http://www.nnx.me//moin_static197/ninuxtheme02/img/smile2.png" width="16"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>B-)</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> </para><para>That's why it's usual for new wikis to think about structures and conventions, such as the: </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>creation of a basic structure of pages. </para></listitem><listitem><para>definitions of name conventions for page names. </para></listitem><listitem><para>decision to use CamelCase or free links?. </para></listitem><listitem><para>definitions of important categories. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para>It's usual for older wikis to simply carry on using existing structures. </para></section></section></article>