semantic mediawiki

RDFa for Semantic MediaWiki [GSoC 2008]

David McCabe, July 1st, 2008

Hello, world!

My name is David McCabe, and this summer I am adding RDFa support to Semantic MediaWiki, as part of the Google Summer of Code 2008. I am an undergraduate in Mathematics at Portland State University. For the Google Summer of Code 2006, I wrote Liquid Threads, a MediaWiki extension that replaces talk pages with a threaded discussion system.

Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) is the software used for the CC wiki and many other wikis. SMW allows authors to mark up wiki pages so that their contents and relationships are machine-readable. SMW already publishes this machine-readable data in RDF/XML format.

You can read about RDFA on the CC Wiki. There is also a Google Tech Talk on RDFa.

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Semantic Annotations on CC Wiki

Thierry Kennes, August 9th, 2007

We have just implemented Semantic MediaWiki on our wiki. SMW allows additionnal markup into the wiki-text and improve the overall quality and consistency of the wiki. It may appear to make things more complicated but it actually makes easier for users to find more information. Using SMW’s own inline querying tools, a page could then be created that lists almost everything you want.

When you add contents as for now, please use semantic annotations. We have created special pages for you that will help you to easily do that.
At the moment, you can find instructions for Books, Content Curators and Content Registry.
Do not hesitate also to use our forms, there are much more easier.

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Semantic Videowiki

Mike Linksvayer, July 6th, 2007

Don’t get too excited by the post title, just pointing out a nice 5 minute video (mp4) from Oxford Geek Nights explaining the basic features of Semantic Mediawiki. Thierry is experimenting with SMW features on the CC Wiki.

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CcWiki:Todo

Mike Linksvayer, May 10th, 2007

Today’s release of MediaWiki 1.10 reminds me that the CC Wiki is badly in need of an upgrade (from 1.6). Here’s the todo list:

  • Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.10
  • Add more spam prevention, remove barriers
    • possibly no image upload on new accounts?
    • add capcha?
    • remove need for email confirmation?
  • Install OpenId extension
  • Install Semantic MediaWiki extension

That’s in addition to migrating and adding lots more content there and doing a theme refresh.

The release also reminds me to look at an old patch to AJAX-ify Creative Commons license selection option in installer, makie it work in 1.10, and try to get it into the mainline.

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