This last week (and for a few weeks yet) I have been setting up and configuring a set of research tools for my work on panarchy.

One of the tools I'm evaluating is a special kind of wiki called Wagn. I fixed a few options and then customized the CSS; here's a preview:

What amazes me so far about Wagn is:

1. It stores everything as "cards"
2. It lets you include cards anywhere (like in other cards)
3. It uses collapsible/expandable headers for sections
4. It uses templates for formatting cardtypes
5. It relates cards using the "+" operator
6. It uses a WQL query language for searching, thus
7. It creates aggregates using advanced logic

I have been designing an information architecture for my research lately that is an amalgam and maturation of various ideas that I've been developing for many years.

I'm sure it will evolve further, but at present it looks something like this:

Inputs:

• Zotero for bibliographic management
• MediaWiki for text entry

Storage

• MySQL for wiki database
• MySQLite for Zotero database
• Flat files for Spotlight indexing

Outputs:

• http://localhost python scripts
• http://localhost php scripts
• Microsoft Word with my Zotero/Flock integration

I'm so energized about it that I decided to make a prezi of it:

http://prezi.com/43281/view