About me

Hi, I am a wiki consultant situated in Hamburg, Germany. My main focus is on helping companies to manage their knowledge as well as the skills of their employees using web 2.0 technologies, while not letting loose quality assuring processes. Wikis have got a lot of advantages fostering collaboration on a much broader scale than most other fully structured systems. However, while wikis' non-structuredness comes as a blessing first, people are quite lost how to map their business processes onto such a tool in a fruitful and sustainable way. As easy as it is to gather knowledge using wikis it does a bad job to manage it out of the box. That's why knowledge management tools on top of wikis make a lot of sense to help people to organize their information for reliable retrieval.

That's where companies search for expert help to address the specific characteristics within their workflows. As a widely used platform, Foswiki is an excellent choice to implement wiki-style knowledge management and thus get access even to those hidden knowledge gems that are normally lost in everyday's business.

I've been an active member on the former TWiki project for a couple of years and am now committed to Foswiki, the community fork and successor of TWiki. (Read more about this split-up.). All extensions that I once have been contributing to TWiki are continued here. Plugins that are still available on TWiki.org are outdated. Since then the range of plugins available for Foswiki far exceeds what is available on the old project and have become major building blocks for enterprise wikis.

Contact Details

Name:

Michael Daum

Email:

info@michaeldaumconsulting.com

VoIP

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Blog:

• http://michaeldaumconsulting.com/blog/webhome
• http://blog.wikiring.com

Social Networks:

• Xing
• LinkedIn

URLs:

http://michaeldaumconsulting.com

WikiRing.com

Companies & Organizations:

• MD Consulting
• Member of the Foswiki Association Board of Directors
• Team Leader Foswiki Marketing
• Co-founder of the WikiRing Partnership

Location:

Hamburg, Germany

Background:

high performance computing, optimization techniques, information retrieval, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, content management, web design and usability, information architecture, knowledge management

Services:

Foswiki consulting services and software partner - contact Michael Daum Consulting.

Logo design

Foswiki Contributions

Authored and maintained extensions.

Nr	Extension	Description	Classification	Version
1	AliasPlugin	Define aliases which will be replaced with arbitrary strings automatically	Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity	12375 (2011-08-25)
2	AutoTemplatePlugin	Automatically sets VIEW_TEMPLATE and EDIT_TEMPLATE	Interface and Visualisation	12383 (2011-08-25)
3	BlogPlugin		Exporting, Printing and Publishing
4	BreadCrumbsPlugin	A flexible way to display breadcrumbs navigation	Information structuring and Search, Interface and Visualisation	4694 (2009-08-20)
5	ClassificationPlugin		Information structuring and Search
6	DigestPlugin	Calculate message digest, i.e. MD5	Development	5541 (2009-11-17)
7	DBCacheContrib	Reusable code that treats forms as if they were table rows in a database	Development	13592 (2012-01-10)
8	DBCachePlugin	Lightweight frontend to the DBCacheContrib	Data and Files, Development, Information structuring and Search	13612 (2012-01-11)
9	EditChapterPlugin	An easy section editing facility	Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity	13577 (2012-01-10)
10	EasyMacroPlugin		Development
11	FarscrollContrib	Clone a scrollbar far away	Interface and Visualisation	13574 (2012-01-09)
12	FilterPlugin	Substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions	Development	13591 (2012-01-10)
13	FlexFormPlugin		Development, Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity	12387 (2011-08-25)
14	FlexPaperPlugin	flash-based document viewer component	Interface and Visualisation	12390 (2011-08-26)
15	FlexWebListPlugin	Flexible way to display hierarchical weblists	Development, Information structuring and Search	13583 (2012-01-10)
16	GenPDFPrincePlugin	'Generate PDF using Prince XML';	Exporting, Printing and Publishing	9995 (2010-11-17)
17	GenPDFWebkitPlugin	'Generate PDF using Webkit';	Exporting, Printing and Publishing	5547 (2009-11-17)
18	GluePlugin	Enable TopicMarkup to span multiple lines	Development	4420 (2009-07-03)
19	HeadlinesPlugin	Show headline news in Foswiki pages based on RSS and ATOM news feeds from external sites	Information structuring and Search	6822 (2010-03-21)
20	HyphenatorContrib	Automatically hyphenates text	Multilingual and Locality	12289 (2011-08-09)
21	IfDefinedPlugin	Render content conditionally	Development	12392 (2011-08-26)
22	ImagePlugin	Control the display and alignment of images using an easy syntax	Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation	13571 (2012-01-09)
23	ImageGalleryPlugin	Displays image gallery with auto-generated thumbnails from attachments.	Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation	11854 (2011-06-06)
24	InfiniteScrollContrib	Infinite scrolling layouts	Interface and Visualisation	11851 (2011-06-06)
25	JQFullCalendarPlugin		Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity	6941 (2010-03-26)
26	JQGridPlugin		Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity	12796 (2011-10-19)
27	JQPrettyPhotoContrib	Yet another nice lightbox plugin	Interface and Visualisation	12664 (2011-09-30)
28	JQueryPlugin	jQuery JavaScript library for Foswiki	Development, Interface and Visualisation	13479 (2011-12-20)
29	JsonRpcContrib	JSON-RPC interface for Foswiki	Data and Files	13596 (2012-01-10)
30	LazyLoadPlugin	deferred loading of images	Interface and Visualisation	12665 (2011-09-30)
31	LdapContrib	LDAP services for Foswiki	Admin, Development	13626 (2012-01-11)
32	LdapNgPlugin	Query and display data from an LDAP directory	Admin, Development	13473 (2011-12-20)
33	MathModePlugin	Include LaTeX formatted math in a topic	Interface and Visualisation	11139 (2011-03-19)
34	MediaWikiTablePlugin	Format tables the MediaWiki way	Interface and Visualisation	12660 (2011-09-30)
35	MediaWikiToFoswikiContrib	MediaWiki 2 Foswiki Conversion Tool	Data and Files	2536 (2009-02-19)
36	MetaCommentPlugin	An easy to use comment system	Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity	13602 (2012-01-10)
37	MoreFormfieldsContrib	Additionall formfield types for DataForms	Interface and Visualisation	9319 (2010-09-23)
38	MimeIconPlugin	Icon sets for mimetypes	Interface and Visualisation	13089 (2011-11-16)
39	NatEditPlugin	A Wikiwyg Editor	Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity	13610 (2012-01-11)
40	NatSkin		Interface and Visualisation	6288 (2010-02-12)
41	NatSkinPlugin	Theming engine for NatSkin	Interface and Visualisation	6287 (2010-02-12)
42	NewUserPlugin	Create a user topic if it does not exist yet	Admin, Data and Files	13764 (2012-01-20)
43	RedDotPlugin	Renders edit-links as little red dots	Interface and Visualisation	9958 (2010-11-11)
44	RenderPlugin	Render WikiApplications asynchronously	Development	13580 (2012-01-10)
45	PingBackPlugin?
46	RtfContrib	Extension to translate Foswiki markup to RTF	Exporting, Printing and Publishing	5566 (2009-11-17)
47	SoapPlugin	SOAP for Foswiki	Development	11723 (2011-05-18)
48	SolrPlugin	Enterprise Search Engine for Foswiki based on Solr	Information structuring and Search, Interface and Visualisation	10340 (2010-12-16)
49	SqlPlugin		Data and Files	8285 (2010-07-23)
50	SetVariablePlugin	Flexible handling of topic variables	Development	13277 (2011-12-02)
51	StringifierContrib	Helper library to stringify binary document formats	Development	12769 (2011-10-17)
52	TagCloudPlugin		Information structuring and Search, Interface and Visualisation
53	TimeSincePlugin	Display time difference in a human readable way	Interface and Visualisation	3647 (2009-04-23)
54	TopicNameValidationPlugin	Control naming of topics	Data and Files, Security	3646 (2009-04-23)
55	UploadPlugin	Attach multiple files to a topic in one go	Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity	4414 (2009-07-03)
56	VotePlugin	Simple way to count votes	User interactivity	5560 (2009-11-17)
57	WebLinkPlugin	A parametrized %WEB macro	Information structuring and Search	12661 (2011-09-30)
58	WikiWorkbenchContrib		Development
59	XmlRpcContrib	-->	Data and Files	7235 (2010-04-21)
60	ZonePlugin	Gather content of a page in named zones while rendering it	Data and Files, Development	9442 (2010-09-30)

Active Proposals

Proposal	Status	Date of Commitment	Committed Developers	Concern Raised By	Last modified
Add List Operations To FORMAT	UnderInvestigation	09 Feb 2012	ArthurClemens, SvenDowideit, MichaelDaum		18 Feb 2011
Add Updates Plugin To Default Release	UnderInvestigation	09 Feb 2012	MichaelDaum		25 Nov 2011
Improve Security Of Template Auth	UnderInvestigation	09 Feb 2012	GeorgeClark, MichaelDaum		06 Jan 2012
Enhancei 18n Architecture	AcceptedProposal	15 Dec 2010	OlivierRaginel, MichaelDaum		08 Feb 2012
Add Nat Edit To Core	AcceptedProposal	28 Jul 2010	CrawfordCurrie, MichaelDaum		25 Jul 2010
Setting And Getting Variables Using Macros	AcceptedProposal	13 Nov 2009	MichaelDaum	CrawfordCurrie	06 Dec 2010

Proposals with concerns

Proposal	Status	Date of Commitment	Committed Developers	Concern Raised By	Last modified
Clean Up Topic Parentage	ParkedProposal	n/a		MichaelDaum	07 Mar 2010
Data Form Field Visible If Not Empty	UnderInvestigation	n/a	RaymondLutz	MichaelDaum	20 Feb 2010
Formally Support Multiple Extension Versions	ParkedProposal	n/a	GeorgeClark	MichaelDaum, KennethLavrsen	04 Oct 2010
Install Nat Skin And Widgets Skin On Foswiki Dot Org	UnderInvestigation	n/a	WillNorris	KennethLavrsen, MichaelDaum, OliverKrueger	06 Dec 2010
Merge WYSIWYGEditors	UnderInvestigation	n/a		KennethLavrsen, AndrewJones, CrawfordCurrie, MichaelDaum	28 May 2009
Parallel Search	UnderInvestigation	n/a		MichaelDaum	15 Apr 2011
Remove Hardcoded Css Class Names	ParkedProposal	n/a	StephaneLenclud	MichaelDaum, CrawfordCurrie, SvenDowideit	22 Sep 2010
Topic Case Sensitivity	AcceptedProposal	n/a	SvenDowideit	MichaelDaum	01 Nov 2011