OER creation

When creating OER MWS, time information in individual parts of the text is crucial. This allows for identification of individual edits and page versions, and also the creators of specific sections of the text or the authors of edits. 

OER WMS allow for time data to be displayed on the creation of the text, its edits and changes in the “View history” tab, which appears at the top right on the page above the text (if not programmed otherwise). Using this tab, it is possible to open individual editing history, compare various versions, or find out who added a specific part of the text and when. However, information on the last edit can often be misleading, as OER MWS do not function like classic text and the date of the most recent edit does not necessarily mean that the text went through its last revision at the same time. The editor, for example, may have only corrected a simply typo. Therefore, it is better to refer parties that are interested in the time information of individual edits to the complete editing history.

When listing time data, OER MWS offer the option of listing a specific version (ID – the identification number of a specific page). For other potential work with a specific text (a page on OER MWS) when citing it, for example, it is suitable to list not only the time information, but also the identification number (ID) of the given page. This is because more than two edits can be made during one minute within OER MWS. The page ID thus serves as a better identifier of a specific version than merely the time of its last edit. A page citation on English-language Wikipedia can thus look like this:

 “Wikipedia Contributors. (2020). Wikipedia. Wikipedia. ID of the cited page version: 934425180. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia”.