These are notes from the first discussion in the [documentation workshop | Wiki-based Software Documentation]. The goal of this discussion was to enumerate problems, possible improvements, good qualities and "wishes" for wikis to document software. As a start, we have prepared [a list of software engineering topics|Workshop2SwEngTopics] where wiki-based software documentation can be helpful, ideally. The list was taken from http://www.swebok.org . 1 Pros a. search & retrieval a. auto-magic linking a. separation of contents structure and presentation 1 Areas for improvement a. higher levels of abstraction for contents (to be completed...) Ademar Aguiar 2005-10-19 18:26:34.808 2005-10-18 23:57:55.344