On 5 January 2011 22:16, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Having XML-based content would also enable a wide variety of new re-uses > of Wikimedia content. People could build all sorts of custom apps, > games, feeds, etc., without having to worry about broken syntax or > resorting to screen scraping (like we do for our mobile site). It would > also make implementing semantic features easier and thus could improve > our search capabilities. Plus it makes a great Bloody Mary! Before we go haring off - what would be *really* nice would be getting Magnus' WYSIFTW developed to a stage where it's fit to put in front of nontechnical users and do some decent usability testing: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WYSIFTW Magnus does this stuff in his spare time. and has to get back to actual work - but there's a list of needed features (which of course anyone can add to) and I know he very much welcomes other people hacking on it. It's not ready for prime time yet, but it's one of the most promising approaches I've seen in a while. (And the nice thing about WYSIFTW is that it requires *no* action on server side - the only thing it needs right now is to be developed to a state where it can be usability-tested.) - d. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
