[Mediawiki-l] Import/export Word/.pdf/.xml files to/from MediaWiki pages?

[Matthew England]

Hello,

I'm new to MediaWiki.  I'd like users to be able to Import/export 
Word/.pdf/.xml files to/from MediaWiki pages.  Is this feasible?

If not MediaWiki, would other Wikis be able to do this?

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I'm leading a small software-development team as part of a private, 
startup-business effort.  I am attracted to Wiki mechanisms for their 
apparent collaborative-documentation capability.  I want to load a Wiki on 
my private, collaboration-development server (I have many other server apps 
already like phpBB, Subversion/CVS, Apache, etc).

Imports
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In order to make new-user adoption and general use much easier, it would be 
fantastic if authors can write in a known, understood format (namely 
Microsoft Word) and then import the created file into the Wiki page.

The following thread suggests that this import capability is not yet available:

http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2005-March/003978.html

Am I reading things correctly?

Here's a tool that may or may not help:

These (google cached) links point towards a small tool to convert Word to a 
MediaWiki format:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:4F7DBOsC9LQJ:infpro.com/projekte/wordwiki/+microsoft+word+mediawiki&hl=en
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:g1yitISrOTMJ:infpro.com/projekte/wordwiki/Word2MediaWiki.bas+Word2MediaWiki&hl=en

I've also attached the tool and description in a .zip file attached to this 
email...but I'm not sure if MediaWiki-l supports file attachments.  I have 
tried neither this tool nor MediaWiki...so take this for what it's worth.

Exports
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As for the exports, the above email thread suggests that this capability 
(I'm presuming output to all of Word, .pdf, and .xml?) is mature?  Exports 
are important for document-snapshot archiving and for content distribution 
to readers (like an external review board, our target customers, etc) who 
do not have access to my collaboration site.

I'd to confirm all these things before I go through and install the software.

-Matt

ps:

The page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software

When choosing a wiki engine, criteria to consider might include:

"Be able to import external files (HTML, Word document), export to external 
files (Word document, PDF)"

I was hoping that MediaWiki could do all of this, particularly it light of 
its glowing review at:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/11/04/which_wiki.html

-Matt