Semantic MediaWiki special pages

This page lists special pages for the Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) extensions and extensions that work with SMW, such as Semantic Forms.

Semantic Formas and SMW include a few special pages that allow to define semantic "elements" without hand coding. They also allow to add forms to pages, make queries, etc.

List and search

Special:Properties

List all properties (defined and undefined as well used and unused)

From there you then can browse through each property or data type.

Special:Types

Lists all data types that can be assigned to properties

Special:UnusedProperties

List all unused properties (defined and undefined)

Special:SearchByProperty

Enter property and an optional value

Special:Ask

Semantic search form. You should enter at least one information, i.e. which page to select. Optionally, what information to display about these pages. Read more in Semantic Search

Example: Simple query that will find all pages that include a "Has URL" property with value "http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Semantic_Forms":

[[Has URL::http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Semantic_Forms]]

Results are displayed in various ways. By default they are appended to the bottom of the same page.

Example: Simple query finding all instances of a Category

[[Category: Software information]]

Special:RunQuery

Allows to to link to a special query page using a form. Query forms have the same syntax as editing forms.

Ugly Example: Special:RunQuery/Software information (using a form made for editing)

Special:Forms

Lists all forms

Special:Templates

Lists all templates

Defining new classes, categories, forms, templates and properties

Special:CreateClass

Allows to enter all the data to create properties, a template, a form and a category for a single class. For more options, use the pages Create a property, Create a template, Create a form and Create a category instead (see below).

Special:CreateCategory

Creates a new category and associates a default form with this category. Categories are the same as normal MediaWiki categories, but will have an associated form.

Special:CreateForm

Creates a new form and an associated template. Therefore the template should be defined first.

Special:CreateProperty

Creates a new property and its type. By default a property is "page", i.e. its value will refer to a wiki page. You can link a property to pages that use a given form.

Special:CreateTemplate

Creates new user input templates, i.e. a list of input fields. You can enter field names, display label and the associated semantic property (the latter from a pulldown list of all properties)

Using forms

Special:FormEdit

Does not work as such, i.e. you must specifiy a form name and a target page in the URL

Examples: http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Special:FormEdit?form=Software%20information&target=Semantic%20Forms or using Semantic forms syntax: Special:FormEdit/Software information/Some software

Special:FormStart

Allows to add a form to a page and then allows to edit the page.

Other

• Category pages will tell if the category is based on a semantic form, e.g. see Category:Software_information