Semantic MediaWiki: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 07:39, 30 June 2019

We started using Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) for some "smart" functions of this wiki around June 2019. Feel free to join the effort!

How we use it so far:

giving equipment pages properties like "Tutor::" and "Location::" so they can easily be listed accordingly
integrating properties for images into InfoBoxes as a potential way to generate navigation gallerys
what else can you think of?

This is not supposed to replace the SMW documentation, but some things are nice to remember/share once you've finally found them:

assigning properties
- in-text annotation: [[Property::value]] (only "value", or its |alt text, is displayed)
- hidden annotation: use the set function
  - alternatively, you could enter | (the space is important!) to the end of a property (e.g. [[Has demo::test| ]]) which might be necessary in certain template elements
list of possible result formats

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 ** in-text annotation: <code><nowiki>[[Property::value]]</nowiki></code> (only "value", or its <code>|alt text</code>, is displayed)
 ** hidden annotation: use the [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Setting_values set function]
-*** alternatively, you could enter <code>| </code> (the space is important!) to the end of a property (e.g. <code><nowiki>[[Has demo::test| ]]</nowiki></code>) but that should not be necessary anymore
+*** alternatively, you could enter <code>| </code> (the space is important!) to the end of a property (e.g. <code><nowiki>[[Has demo::test| ]]</nowiki></code>) which ''might'' be necessary in certain template elements
 * [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Result_formats list of possible result formats]