James Mohr wrote:
I would to set up a system where each page has an owner. This owner can then assign access rights to the page.
I would highly recommend against trying to use MediaWiki as a base for this sort of permissions system. It will be a lot of work and will probably have security holes.
I strongly, strongly, strongly recommend first looking for a wiki or CMS which supports your requirements before you throw away a lot of effort trying to bend MediaWiki into something it's not.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)