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Key features
Content authoring
All information in Deki pages is stored as XML, rather than wikitext. Pages are edited using a GUI editor, and can
be manipulated as an XML web service. The frontend supports embedding rich media and has a built-in image
gallery.
Deki supports internal and external authentications [19] . Permissions can be applied to individual pages or page
hierarchies.
DekiScript
MindTouch Deki includes a complete scripting language, called DekiScript. [20] DekiScript, a light-weight,
interpreted programming language, allows users to add dynamic content to wiki pages. It can be embedded directly
into wiki pages or used in XML extensions.
Example
DekiScript is inserted using double curly braces. Hello World can be written easily:
{{ 'Hello World' }}
Dynamic content can be added using DekiScript functions [20] this example will display the name of the current user,
and the text of the current day (e.g. Wednesday):
Hi {{ User.Name }}, it's {{ Date.DayName(Date.Now) }}.
Web 2.0 & mashups
A primary benefit of MindTouch Deki is the ability to use DekiScript to perform mashups. The open source edition
of Deki ships with extensions allowing connection to over 100 web services [21] , including systems such as Dapper
[22] , Flickr, Google Maps, Windows Live and Yahoo. [23]
A commercial license enables features such as connectors to SugarCRM, Salesforce, LinkedIn, MySQL, Microsoft
SQL Server and Microsoft Access. [21]
LinuxInsider describes this feature as "let[ting] site admins rope in applications -- legacy systems, CRM and ERP
apps, databases and Web 2.0 tools -- and hand them over to business users to create mashups, templates, dynamic
reports and dashboards." [24]
Multi-language
Multi-language support (named polyglot by MindTouch) allows hosting content in multiple languages on a single
site. Language can be specified by user, site, section and pages, adapting the UI to the specified language. Search is
available across all languages and results are prioritized by the user’s default language. [25] . MindTouch cite the 8.05
release of Deki as the first polyglot application on the web. [26]
Deployment
Deki is available as a package for Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, CentOS, and SUSE, in both
open source [27] and commercial [28] editions. The source code is available for each release on Sourceforge [29] , and a
public SVN repository is available [30] .