<s>
Foswiki	B-Language
is	O
an	O
enterprise	O
wiki	B-Protocol
,	O
typically	O
used	O
to	O
run	O
a	O
collaboration	B-Application
platform	I-Application
,	O
knowledge	O
base	O
or	O
document	O
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
create	O
wiki	B-Protocol
applications	I-Protocol
using	O
the	O
Topic	O
Markup	O
Language	O
(	O
TML	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
developers	O
can	O
extend	O
its	O
functionality	O
with	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Foswiki	B-Language
project	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
October	O
2008	O
when	O
a	O
dispute	O
about	O
the	O
future	O
direction	O
of	O
TWiki	B-Language
could	O
not	O
be	O
settled	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
decision	O
of	O
nearly	O
all	O
key	O
TWiki	B-Language
contributors	O
to	O
fork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Foswiki	B-Language
continues	O
to	O
maintain	O
compatibility	O
with	O
content	O
written	O
for	O
TWiki	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foswiki	B-Language
stands	O
for	O
"	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
"	O
wiki	B-Protocol
to	O
emphasize	O
its	O
commitment	O
to	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
governed	O
by	O
the	O
Foswiki	B-Language
Association	O
e.V	O
,	O
a	O
volunteer	O
run	O
,	O
non-profit	O
foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Foswiki	B-Language
website	O
is	O
seen	O
by	O
some	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
Perl-related	O
websites	O
based	O
upon	O
Alexa	O
rankings	O
of	O
all	O
websites	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foswiki	B-Language
features	O
an	O
open	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
programmed	O
and	O
implemented	O
in	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
languages	I-Language
and	O
runs	O
on	O
standard	O
web	O
servers	O
such	O
as	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
Nginx	B-Operating_System
and	O
lighttpd	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
almost	O
70	O
contributors	O
providing	O
over	O
56,000	O
commits	O
since	O
its	O
inception	O
,	O
the	O
Foswiki	B-Language
team	O
not	O
only	O
develops	O
the	O
code	O
but	O
also	O
offers	O
on-line	O
support	O
,	O
including	O
on	O
IRC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Core	O
features	O
include	O
a	O
TinyMCE	B-Application
WYSIWYG	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
built-in	O
search	O
engine	O
,	O
default	O
text	O
database	O
,	O
and	O
skinnable	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
RSS/Atom	O
feeds	O
,	O
e-mail	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
database	O
interfaces	O
to	O
support	O
scalable	O
database	O
solutions	O
such	O
as	O
MongoDB	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
security-related	O
features	O
include	O
an	O
auditable	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
,	O
user	O
authentication	O
,	O
an	O
access	O
control	O
system	O
,	O
cross-site	B-Protocol
request	I-Protocol
forgery	I-Protocol
protection	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
spam-prevention	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensions	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
to	O
link	O
into	O
databases	O
,	O
create	O
charts	O
,	O
tags	B-General_Concept
,	O
sort	O
tables	O
,	O
write	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
,	O
create	O
image	B-Algorithm
gallery	I-Algorithm
and	O
slideshows	O
,	O
make	O
drawings	O
,	O
write	O
blogs	O
,	O
plot	O
graphs	B-Application
,	O
interface	O
to	O
many	O
different	O
authentication	O
schemes	O
,	O
including	O
single	O
sign-on	O
,	O
track	O
Extreme	O
Programming	O
projects	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foswiki	B-Language
is	O
a	O
structured	B-Protocol
wiki	I-Protocol
that	O
acts	O
as	O
an	O
application	B-Device
platform	I-Device
for	O
web-based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
offers	O
a	O
SQL-like	O
query	O
language	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
embedding	O
reports	O
in	O
wiki	B-Protocol
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wiki	B-Protocol
applications	I-Protocol
are	O
often	O
called	O
situational	B-Application
applications	I-Application
because	O
they	O
are	O
created	O
ad-hoc	O
by	O
users	O
for	O
very	O
specific	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
users	O
have	O
built	O
Foswiki	B-Language
applications	O
that	O
include	O
call	O
center	O
status	O
boards	O
,	O
to-do	O
lists	O
,	O
inventory	O
systems	O
,	O
employee	O
handbooks	O
,	O
bug	B-Application
trackers	I-Application
,	O
blog	O
applications	O
,	O
discussion	O
forums	O
,	O
status	O
reports	O
with	O
rollups	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
interface	O
is	O
customizable	O
through	O
use	O
of	O
templates	O
,	O
themes	O
and	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foswiki	B-Language
is	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
primarily	O
at	O
the	O
workplace	O
as	O
a	O
corporate	O
wiki	B-Protocol
to	O
coordinate	O
team	O
activities	O
,	O
track	O
projects	O
,	O
implement	O
workflows	B-Operating_System
and	O
as	O
an	O
Intranet	O
Wiki	B-Protocol
,	O
for	O
example	O
in	O
academia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foswiki	B-Language
(	O
among	O
other	O
components	O
)	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
several	O
research	O
programs	O
including	O
Data	O
Integration	O
Platform	O
for	O
Systems	O
Biology	O
Collaborations	O
,	O
an	O
interactive	O
data	O
integration	O
platform	O
supporting	O
collaborative	O
research	O
projects	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Foswiki	B-Language
,	O
Solr/Lucene	O
,	O
and	O
custom	O
helper	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foswiki	B-Language
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
(	O
using	O
jQuery	B-Language
)	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
without	O
JavaScript	B-Language
being	O
enabled	O
in	O
the	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
wiki	B-Protocol
pages	O
are	O
stored	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
in	O
plain	O
text	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everything	O
,	O
including	O
meta-data	O
such	O
as	O
access	O
control	O
settings	O
,	O
are	O
version	O
controlled	O
using	O
RCS	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
RCS	B-Architecture
is	O
optional	O
since	O
an	O
all-Perl	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
is	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
server-side	O
databases	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
MongoDB	B-Application
,	O
are	O
supported	O
through	O
use	O
of	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Informal	O
user	O
reports	O
suggest	O
that	O
Foswiki	B-Language
scales	O
reasonably	O
well	O
even	O
though	O
it	O
uses	O
plain	O
text	O
files	O
and	O
no	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
to	O
store	O
page	O
data	O
,	O
especially	O
where	O
load	O
balancing	O
and	O
caching	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
improve	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foswiki	B-Language
is	O
an	O
entirely	O
community-driven	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
no	O
controlling	O
commercial	O
interest	O
behind	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
support	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
via	O
the	O
mechanisms	O
of	O
IRC	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
main	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foswiki	B-Language
started	O
life	O
as	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
TWiki	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
developments	O
since	O
the	O
fork	O
include	O
adoption	O
of	O
the	O
jQuery	B-Language
JavaScript	B-Language
user	O
interface	O
framework	O
,	O
interfacing	O
to	O
the	O
MongoDB	B-Application
NoSQL	O
database	O
,	O
interfacing	O
to	O
the	O
Solr	B-Language
search	O
system	O
,	O
page	O
caching	O
and	O
a	O
modified	O
editing	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
