Semantic MediaWiki Training for Wiki Architects

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Semantic MediaWiki Training for Wiki Architects

Objectives of the training

Know how Semantic MediaWiki works
Be able to tag semantic data
Be able to make queries and display results in different formats

Content of the training (1 day)

Introduction

Introducing Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)
Resources on Semantic MediaWiki
- Where to find help and information on the official semantic MediaWiki website
- smw.referata.com, the Semantic MediaWiki user community wiki
- The book on Semantic MediaWiki: Working with MediaWiki by Yaron Koren
An example of using SMW

Semanticize elements within your wiki

Page Property Value triplets
The two methods to semanticize a value
Semanticize a value with the VisualEditor WYSIWYG editor
The different types of possible values
Set up a property
Information to fill in on the properties page
Special properties first approach

Semantic queries

Display the value of a property for a given page
Display the list of pages that meet one or more criteria
Display the list of pages that meet one criterion or another (OR)
Advanced query conditions
View the list of pages and the value of their properties
Query parameters
- Limit the number of results
- Order results
- Change column headers
- Display a message when there are no results
- Display a message before and/or after the results
Make subqueries

The different display formats provided by...

...Semantic MediaWiki

Display a wide table or by ordered, unordered, comma-separated list
Display identically to category pages
Format results with templates
Show only the number of results of a query
Display in a machine-readable format: csv, dsv, json, rdf

...the extension Semantic Result Formats

Graphics : D3, Dygraphs, Google bar and pie, jqPlot series and chart, Sparkline, Timeserie
for export: BibTex, Excel, iCalendar, vCard
Mathematics: average, max, min, sum, product, median...
Temporals: calendar, event, timeline and events, newer, older

Create forms with Page Forms

(Formerly Semantic Forms) this extension allows the creation of forms for manual entry of semantic data without the need to know the Semantic MediaWiki syntax

Objectives of the forms
Semantic models
Associate multiple values with a property
Create or edit a form
Attach a form to a template
Form fields
The free text box
Action buttons
Link a page to a form

Advanced features of Page Forms

Propose one or more forms during a page creation
Ensure that a requested page is created automatically with such form
Edit subobjects with Page Forms
Display external data in models
Allow the user to overload an external value through the form.
Dynamic display of fields (show on select)
Format a date
Create recurring events and display them on a calendar

Other extensions based on Semantic MediaWiki

Semantic Drilldown provides a multi-criteria search page to filter results with just a few clicks.

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Trainee testimonials

In answer to the question "What is your general opinion on the content of the training? "

"Enriching training allowing the discovery of a new tool that is both simple and complex"

Jérôme, Front-end/dev back end at Atypic

"Very interesting and very complete"

Nicolas pmp project manager

"Very adapted to demand and personalized. Very competent trainer in the field'

Sylvain, works at the pmp

"Good training. Content adapted to our all-round services"

Frédéric, BEA investigator.

"Very complete"

Olive tree

"Very good and adapted to expectations"

Unsigned

"Useful training"

Agent BEA

"Very favorable, very interesting to know the various features of the tool. "

Unsigned

Training Prerequisites

Have followed the Initial and Intermediate Training on MediaWiki including the part on modèles

Information and registration for training

By phone : +33 (0)1 85 08 91 99 ou +33 (0)6 73 10 97 88 ou +33(0)6 85 06 56 58
By email

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Formation intermediary : Advanced editing and administration of a wiki
Formation hoster : Create and manage your wiki with MediaWiki: installation and configuration on the server
Formation SEO : Optimize the referencing of your wiki to make it go up in Google's search results
Formation advanced architect : Formation Semantic MediaWiki avancée
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