| SMWCon Fall 2021 | |
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| Updates from the Wikitext Parsing world | |
| Talk details | |
| Description: | Where are we in the goal to replacing the legacy wikitetx parser with the new Parsoid project? What future features will this unlock? What does the transition mean for SMW? Short presentation followed by Q&A. |
| Speaker(s): | C.Scott Ananian and Subbu Sastry, Content Transform Team, WMF |
| Slides: | see here |
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| Event start: | 2021/12/09 20:00:00 |
| Event finish: | 2021/12/09 20:30:00 |
| Length: | 30 minutes |
| Video: | click here |
| Keywords: | mediawiki, parser, wmf |
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The Parsoid project was started in 2011 to overhaul the core wikitext parser in MediaWiki in order to support next-generation editing and other capabilities. Now, a decade later, we are finally nearing the point where it will replace the old legacy Parser and enable further development of wikitext features. But the transition comes at a cost.
In this talk we will briefly describe the state of the Parsoid project, and the implications for MediaWiki extensions. We will explain the future architecture envisioned for wikitext processing in MediaWiki. We will touch on changes required to SMW link syntax and the Variables extension, and reserve half our time for a broad discussion of these and any other issues SMW and related extensions will have with the upcoming changes.
