Thanks for the feedbacl, Vlak.
I am aware of what JSON is, which is a serialization format for data,
and as such a direct competitor to xml ...rather than a programming
language.
> Udo used this for html form templates.
> You can easily build forms
> and prototype tiddlers and use it as a simple db.
Could you point to examples that make use of this in the sense of "a
simple db"? Or do you refer to how FormTiddlerPlugin and
DataTiddlerPlugin generally work? I wouldn't know if they do so on the
basis of JSON... I just never have used them as I didn't like the idea
of hidden "data" sections in a tiddler's body... as nowadays there are
fields and slices and sections.
However, I am very inclined to study both plugins as to their inner
workings and the examples Udo provides along with them.
> I meant data types as in programming languages.
> In a wiki everything is parsed at view time.
> Only at this moment data types are created from strings.
In the context of xfields plugin, I am not sure if "data type" is the
correct nomenclature as it is really more of a "field type"... giving
directives as to how to edit or display a given set of field values.
> Have a look at semantic mediawiki.
> Basically you can attach a type to some text,
> e.g. {Paris {capital-of-country France}}.
> Once you have this you can reason with the data,
> but you need (a lot) additional software."
I see. I guess such semantic qualifiers, would probably go in addition
to any of the available configuration parameters that will be
available to extended fields as automated by xfields, see section
"Available field parameters" at...
http://bit.ly/e9uER3
Cheers, Tobias.
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