Hello Jesse!
Speaking of performance questions - some of them were discussed during
ISWC2010 by
Daniel M Herzig, Basil Ell in their paper Semantic MediaWiki in Operation:
Experiences with Building a Semantic Portal. [1]
[1] http://iswc2010.semanticweb.org/accepted-papers/397
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Jesse Wang <wjxh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It'll be interesting to know more details about the performance problems
> that SMW has at Wikia or in general, because there are many people who use
> SMW for large scale data integration will be really interested in learning
> the issues and how to work around them (if they won't be fixed in time).
>
> Markus and Tim, can you be more specific here?
> Thanks,
> Jesse
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Markus Krötzsch <
> mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org> wrote:
>
> > On 22/03/11 03:01, Yaron Koren wrote:
> > > Very interesting... I didn't know that was their official response now.
> > > I don't think that conveys the full relationship they have with SMW,
> but
> > > it's still good to know.
> >
> > The performance problems that Wikia has with SMW are very real, even if
> > caused in no small part by the SMW configuration that is used on the
> > sites. In any case Wikia runs the largest SMW installations that are
> > around today, with millions of facts in single databases and complex
> > queries on top of them.
> >
> > We are currently cooperating with Wikia for helping them to improve
> > performance, and I hope that this will make it easier for them to fully
> > embrace the use of semantic extensions on their sites.
> >
> > - Markus
> >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Robert Murphy <
> mrandmrsmur...@gmail.com
> > > <mailto:mrandmrsmur...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Did you all know that this is what wikia sends to people who ask
> for
> > > SMW?!
> > > I'm glad I've gone with Referata.
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Wikia Support <supp...@wikia-inc.com
> > > <mailto:supp...@wikia-inc.com>>
> > > Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:18 PM
> > > Subject: RE: Wikia Contact Mail - Semantic Mediawiki, Semantic
> Forms,
> > > Semantic Drill Down {12501}
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [image: Wikia Help]
> > >
> > > Hello ***,
> > >
> > > Thanks for contacting Wikia. Semantic MediaWiki is a very powerful
> > > extension. It can let you do some great things on a wiki, but that
> > power
> > > comes at a cost. Queries can make wikis slow, which can be
> > > frustrating for
> > > visitors. Often, there are less costly extensions or built-in
> methods
> > to
> > > achieve the same effects. So please consider your request for
> > Semantic
> > > MediaWiki further. A comprehensive guide can be found at
> > > http://semantic-mediawiki.org
> > >
> > > Even if you do know you need Semantic MediaWiki for a specific
> task,
> > we
> > > still strongly urge you to take a minute to read the guide.
> > >
> > > If you want to go ahead with this feature, please let us know. Or,
> > > let us
> > > know what you want to achieve, and we will look to see if there is
> a
> > > better
> > > way than Semantic MediaWiki.
> > >
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> > > Timothy Quievryn
> > > Wikia Community Support Team
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