$smwg­Namespace

Configuration parameter details:
Name	$smwgNamespace
Description	Sets the namespace of exported URIs
Default setting
Software	Semantic MediaWiki
Since version	1.0
Until version	still available
Configuration	Installation · Namespace · RDF export
Keyword	namespace · export · rdf · uri

$smwgNamespace is a configuration parameter that sets the namespace of exported URIs. The configuration parameter was introduced in Semantic MediaWiki 1.0Released on 31 December 2007 and compatible with MW 1.9.x - 1.12.x..

Default setting

The default setting is null. When not explicitly set, the exporter automatically derives the URI from Special:URIResolver.

Prior to Semantic MediaWiki 7.0.0Released on 4 June 2026 and compatible with MW 1.43.x - 1.46.x., this value was set automatically using the domain passed to the enableSemantics call.

To create pretty URIs, set this parameter to a custom value and configure your webserver accordingly.

Changing the default setting

To enforce a specific namespace add a line similar to this example to your "LocalSettings.php" file:

wfLoadExtension( 'SemanticMediaWiki' );
$smwgNamespace = 'https://example.org/id/';

See also

• Help page on function "enableSemantics"
• Help page on pretty URIs
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgNamespaceIndexSets the index of the first namespace to be used by Semantic MediaWiki