The original idea of InterWiki was to have one large distributed [[wp>Wiki]] over the whole net. Today its more of an easy way to link from one wiki to another by having some simple link syntax to do so.
In [[doku>DokuWiki]] this is done by prefixing Wiki [[doku>pagenames]] with a shortcut separated by a ''>'' character.
Examples:
[[wp>Wiki]] links to Wikipedia,
[[Meatball>TourBusStop]] links to the MeatBall wiki TourBusStop,
[[google>Wiki]] links to a Google search,
[[doku>interwiki]] links to this page
[[wp>Wiki]] links to Wikipedia, [[Meatball>TourBusStop]] links to the MeatBall wiki TourBusStop, [[google>Wiki]] links to a Google search.
[[doku>interwiki]] links to this page.
There is one special interwiki shortcut called **''this''**. It always links to the webserver directory DokuWiki is installed in. You can use this to construct relative URLs. For example the following always links to the local [[doku>syndication|XML feed]]: [[this>feed.php]]
[[this>feed.php]]
**More Info on InterWiki:**
* [[wp>InterWiki]] at Wikipedia
* [[MeatBall>InterWiki]] at MeatBall
* [[Wiki>InterWiki]] at c2.com Wiki
* [[doku>interwiki]]