Google to Take on Wikipedia . . . Maybe
Google has announced a new platform named “Knol” which is wiki like in nature.
From what we know so far, Knol is a wiki-like platform. Authors can create topics, and there are tools to interlink articles and content, but as Manber says, an article, or “knol,” is “just a Web page.” Where it differs from a wiki is its focus on the author. All knols will highlight who wrote them.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9834175-7.html?tag=nefd.only
Interesting concept here with more focus on the author there is less ‘openness’. Is Google challenging wikipedia or the wiki as a publishing environment?
Bart