> ...For example, maybe Unis get together to publish their own wikis on more academic subjects. ... There's nothing stopping them from doing this. Wikis are ac

> ...For example, maybe Unis get together to publish their own wikis on more academic subjects. ... There's nothing stopping them from doing this. Wikis are actually a nice example of a federated standard, with good support for "InterWiki" cross-linking, well-understood naming conventions (thanks to Wikipedia) for encyclopedia-like articles, and open licensing via CC-BY-SA.