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--- doc:namespace [2026/04/02 08:42] – [Namespaces in DokuWiki] Simon Grant
+++ doc:namespace [2026/04/02 08:44] (current) – [Why is it called a namespace, not just a folder?] Simon Grant
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 ''doc'' is actually the name of a folder in the web server where this page is kept.
-Look at some more examples. Our topic groups are in the namespace (and folder) called ''gt:'' (standing for "group of topics").\\
+Look at some more examples. Our topic groups are in the namespace (and folder) called ''gt'' (standing for "group of topics").\\
 If you go to any of these, such as [[gt:community|Community & culture]] you will see the URL is\\
 `https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/gt/community`.\\
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 Namespaces conventionally use a colon `:` as a delimiter.
 There is a lot of history behind this, which is not needed for understanding namespaces in DokuWiki.
-It may be enough to say that in DokuWiki, they are essentially the same, except the slash `/` is used in URLs, while the colon `:` is the normal usage for internal locations.
+Probably enough to say that in DokuWiki, they are essentially the same, except the slash `/` is used in URLs, while the colon `:` is the normal usage for internal locations.
 So, this document's internal link is `[[doc:namespace]]` which is simply displayed as [[doc:namespace]].\\