Hi, the same idea was discussed on the Vienna create camp in October.
I think a basic set of templates for common objects would be great. E g. - Persons and/or Users (populating User Pages) - Organizations - Events and/or News - Projects or Activities - some objects like Books or Articles, could even be named "Item" for being generic regards, Bernhard ----- Am 3. Nov 2014 um 1:44 schrieb James HK jamesin.hongkon...@gmail.com: > Hi, > > I'm calling for input and opinions about collecting and providing > self-explanatory templates to be bundled as a repository (aka > "TemplateRepository") on smw.org that are re-usable in connection with > SMW. > > The objective would be to support first time users in their effort > more quickly to become familiar with SMW by allowing to copy templates > to enhance general functionality of Semantic MediaWiki right from the > start. > > After reading the comment from [0] where sh(e) states that "I would > like an inexperienced person of limited technical background to walk > through some of the concepts with simple examples that I could cut, > paste and modify in my own wiki. This would let me make mistakes > because of what I don't know, but still move forward. " > > Making examples available for cut and paste usage seems a bit > difficult (as it requires certain data sets to be available) but > templates are a powerful tool in the "wiki world" to reduce input > repetition and improve output presentation for specific content > sections (info box etc.). > > Providing some kind of repository might come in handy for users > unfamiliar with SMW and its inner workings where even an experienced > user can be challenged to make templates work with SMW (depending on > the requirements). Tools like [1] can provide support for a more > complex modelling process but a first time or occasional user is > probably looking for a simplified approach. > > Having a TemplateRepository where a user can browse (by use case), > copy, and find some explanatory descriptions should ease the > adaptation process and facilitate the usability of SMW. > > ## Questions > > - Would it make sense to have something like a TemplateRepository for > re-use on smw.org? > - How would a TemplateRepository need to be designed to be helpful to > first time users or even expert users? > - Do we have volunteers who are willing to help build a > TemplateRepository? Do we have a champion who would be willing to > drive such project? > - What kind of TemplateRepository categories and common use cases > (citation, book annotation etc.) would make most sense? > > ## Usage > > An easy way for users to download multiple templates would be by > simply export a XML (e.g `Special:Export`) that contains all selected > pages and use `Special:Import` to re-import the content without doing > a manual copy and paste. > > Some categories to divide the usage could be based on an environmental > dependency (can be used standalone, requires Lua, requires SF etc.). > > [0] http://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/20141102035706 > > [1] https://github.com/Fannon/mobo > > PS: smw.org = https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org > > Cheers > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > semediawiki-u...@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
