Semantic MediaWiki: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:40, 25 February 2020

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 auto-generate navigation gallerys
- first experiment: Metal Workshop/Gallery
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:

Special:Ask - "sandbox" page for SMW queries (help)
- lets you practice selecting pages with auto-complete of parameters
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 (e.g. table or gallery)

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 How we use it so far:
 * [https://github.com/comakingspace/do-something/issues/130 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 {{NavGal}}s
+* integrating properties for images into InfoBoxes as a potential way to auto-generate {{NavGal}}s
+** first experiment: [[Metal Workshop/Gallery]]
 * ''what else can you think of?''