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Deep dive into TWiki as the file-based Perl counterpoint to XWiki: flat-file + RCS store (data/<Web>/<Topic>.txt), Webs/Topics, TWiki Forms storing fields as %META% in the topic text, TWikiML/variables, TWiki::Func API; the plugin handler callback surface (initPlugin, commonTagsHandler, before/afterSaveHandler, afterRenameHandler, REST handlers) and package types (Plugin/Skin/AddOn/Contrib); per-topic ALLOW/DENY access control (origin of yawex's model); Foswiki fork. Catalog (now 41 UCs): - UC-40 attach a file-backed engine's on-disk store directly (dual-path attach) - UC-41 import an engine's native file history (RCS .txt,v) into the journal - enrich UC-06 (TWiki per-topic ACL lineage), UC-34 (file-embedded %META%), UC-36 (RCS-import vs DB-supplement), UC-38 (TWiki handlers as adapter host) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
research/
Exploration results for the problem and solution space.
Each exploration uses a yymmdd- prefix on the markdown file or subdirectory
when multiple files or sources are involved. Findings here inform spec/ and
SCOPE.md; they do not directly authorize implementation until promoted.
Active Explorations
| Date | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | 260608-yawex-prior-art/ |
yawex 0.7.4 Perl wiki prior art; federation design seeds |
| 2026-06-08 | 260608-c2-wiki-origins/ |
Ward Cunningham & WikiWikiWeb origins; terms and use cases |
| 2026-06-08 | 260608-federation-concepts/ |
Federated Wiki, git/ActivityPub/Xanadu federation models |
| 2026-06-08 | 260608-wikiengines-overview/ |
Wiki engine landscape survey (Perplexity-assisted) |