Semantic MediaWiki 1.0.0

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Semantic MediaWiki 1.0.0
Release date: December 31, 2007
Previous version: Semantic MediaWiki 0.7
Next version: Semantic MediaWiki 1.1.0
Compatible with: MW 1.9.x - 1.12.x
Current version:
SMW 4.2.0

From the RELEASE-NOTES[edit]

  • Simplified semantic annotations: just one kind of annotation ("Property").
  • Significant speedup (both server and network load substantially reduced, faster RDF export, more efficient query result formatting).
  • Prettier and easier to understand interfaces:
    • New tooltips for warnings and addtional information.
    • Simplified factbox layout, with all properties in alphabetic order.
    • Inline warnings to simplify trouble shooting with annotations.
    • Improved, more helpful and informative warning and error messages.
    • Highlighting for built-in elements. E.g. built-in types are visually distinguished from arbitrary types; useful as visual feedback.
    • Error/warning reporting for (inline) queries.
  • More powerful output formatting for semantic querying:
    • new {{#ask:...}} parser function syntax for inline queries, fully compatible with MediaWiki templates, template parameters, and parser functions of other extension
    • more readable inline query structure in #ask parser function, printouts separated from query
    • semantic RSS feeds making feeds from query results via "format=rss"
    • new prinout format "?Category:Name" for #ask
    • option to hide main column by setting "mainlabel=-", and reinserting via print request "?" (only for #ask)
  • More expressivity for semantic querying:
    • support for subproperties,
    • improved equality resolution (redirects),
    • support for disjunctions,
    • inequality check for datavalues ("[[property::!value]]")
    • optional pattern matching for string values ("[[property::~Semant*]]")
    • automatic sorting on sort-parameter (no additional condition needed)
  • New/improved datatypes:
    • Type:Page for explicitly specifying properties that are "relations"
    • better media support in Type:Page: special treatment of Image: and Media:
    • Type:Number as universal replacement for Type:Integer and Type:Float
    • Type:URL as universal replacement for old Type:URL and Type:URI
    • Type:Geographic coordinates completely rewritten. More input formats supported, more liberal parsing to accept most inputs
    • special property "allows value" works for all types
    • display units are now easier to select via property "display units"
    • Improved data display: URL-links and tooltips work for queries results and on special pages
  • Improved special pages:
    • simpler interface for Special:Ask, hide query when using "further results" link
    • hints and warning for property usage/declaration in Special:Properties
    • extra information and warnings for types on Special:Types
    • Special:SemanticStatistics as faster replacement for earlier "ExtendedStatistics"
  • Better internationalisation:
    • updates in all translation files
    • new translations to Dutch, Chinese (tw/ch), Korean (beta)
    • alias strings for all SMW elements; English labels are allowed in all languages, names of old SMW elements still work as aliases for their replacements.
  • New experimental n-ary properties, allowing property values to consist of a list of entries.
  • Ontology import re-enabled (simple annotation import)
  • Maintenance script SMW_refreshData now can rebuild all SMW data structures, fixing even exotic database problems on most sites.
  • New maintenance script for announcing site to Semantic Web crawlers.
  • Support for upcoming MediaWiki 1.12
  • Improved APIs and various new hooks to simplify the life of SMW extension developers.
  • Many bugfixes.

Other changes for SMW1.0 include:

  • Type:Enum became obsolete, since all types now suppport "allows value", but it remains an alias for Type:String.
  • Some configuration options for LocalSettings.php have changed. Read INSTALL for details on how to upgrade from your old installation.

See also[edit]


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