Yesterday I wrote about the forthcoming wiki server to be included with Mac OS X Leopard Server. Since then, information that has surfaced in the last few hours indicates the new tool will be called Teams. Mac OS Forge, Apple’s new site for open source components of OS X mentions Teams as a client that can be used with iCal Server (Apple is releasing the source code for iCal Server under an Apache 2.0 license, and it uses the “CalDAV standard for integration with leading calendar programs, including iCal 3 in Leopard, Mozilla’s Sunbird, OSAF’s Chandler and Microsoft Outlook.” Source: Leopard Press Release).

A message posted on the Mac OS server mailing list from Apple Product Manager Eric Zelenka says, ”Teams is a revolutionary new way for people to work together. Teams lets people share contacts, resources, information and communicate more effectively—as a team.

With Teams, groups receive their own website—an online Wiki Server— listing the latest news, upcoming events and providing people access to online documents. This Wiki-powered website makes it easy for people within the group to create and edit web page content, hyperlink and crosslink between page and maintain history of all past changes. In addition, this group website provides web-based access to a shared group calendar, and a blog communication and podcasting.

But thats not all. Launching the new Teams Directory application gives you access to shared accounts for people, groups, locations and resources within your organization. You can use Teams Directory to find information, or define new shared contacts, assign people to groups and logically organize groups based on hierarchy. With Teams Directory you can define office locations complete with searchable building and location maps, as well as manage shared resources such as conference rooms and projectors.”

The image above (click for a full size version) shows a website with links in the upper left for wiki, calendar and blog and an application behind it called Teams Directory. So it appears Apple is the latest player in the wiki world!

Michael Biven and ldopa.net are also writing about this.