About K15t Software

K15t Software creates single source publishing and documentation solutions leveraging web 2.0-technologies and -tools.

K15t has been founded by Stefan Kleineikenscheidt in 2007. Stefan is working in software development for some time and has actively been promoting the use of Wikis for documentation since 2004.

Due to the lack of proper export functionality of current wikis, he and his co-founder Tobias Anstett started the development of a wiki exporter called Scroll. Tobias holds a degree in Software Engineering from Stuttgart University and is currently working on his Ph.D.

About Scroll

The idea behind the Scroll Wiki Exporter comes from feature request for DocBook Export for Confluence back in 2004 (CONF-762). The idea of Documentation 2.0. Utilizing the advantages of Web 2.0 and Wikis for documentation purposes emerged in 2007. Due to the lack of proper export functionality of current wikis we developed what is called the Scroll Wiki Exporter.

What does the name “Scroll” mean?

The start of the Wikipedia article on Scroll:

A scroll is a roll of papyrus … drawn or painted upon for the purpose of transmitting information or using as a decoration.

The Scroll Wiki Exporter transforms wiki pages into a less volatile format. By doing this it makes the text and images on that pages available for distribution and use in different contexts. That’s why we think that scroll is an adequate analogy.