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This page is a repository of all the resources of AIRWiki dedicated to inexperienced Semantic MediaWiki users.
 
This page is a repository of all the resources of AIRWiki dedicated to inexperienced Semantic MediaWiki users.
  
== How SMW works ==
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== Working with SMW ==
 
* Want to know what names of the semantic properties you should use in a query? [[Names of semantic properties | Read here]].
 
* Want to know what names of the semantic properties you should use in a query? [[Names of semantic properties | Read here]].
 
* Need to add a field to the semantic description of a category (with all the consequences)? [[Adding fields | Here is a guide]] for you.
 
* Need to add a field to the semantic description of a category (with all the consequences)? [[Adding fields | Here is a guide]] for you.
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* Writing queries? AIRWiki includes [[Dynamic Page Generation | a collection of useful examples]].
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* [[SMW_Project_Workflow]] is a description of the complete lifecycle of a project in AIRWiki, from proposal to closure. Very useful if you are setting up or coordinating a project.
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== AIRWiki special pages dedicated to semantic content ==
 
== AIRWiki special pages dedicated to semantic content ==
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Take a look to [[Special:SpecialPages]] for a complete list of the available tools.
 
Take a look to [[Special:SpecialPages]] for a complete list of the available tools.
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=== External resources ===
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* [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_manual SMW help]: help on the semantic tools provided by the Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) extension used by AIRWiki.
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* [[AIRWiki_Ontology]]: this is the structure of the ontology behind the semantic elements of AIRWiki. Useful to keep in mind when writing queries.
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_MediaWiki SMW extension]: official page of the SMW extension for MediaWiki. It provides a list of the features of SMW.
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms Semantic Forms extension for SMW]: official page of the extension providing SMW with semantic forms functionality, listing its features.

Revision as of 12:13, 9 February 2010

This page is a repository of all the resources of AIRWiki dedicated to inexperienced Semantic MediaWiki users.

Working with SMW

  • Want to know what names of the semantic properties you should use in a query? Read here.
  • Need to add a field to the semantic description of a category (with all the consequences)? Here is a guide for you.
  • Writing queries? AIRWiki includes a collection of useful examples.
  • SMW_Project_Workflow is a description of the complete lifecycle of a project in AIRWiki, from proposal to closure. Very useful if you are setting up or coordinating a project.


AIRWiki special pages dedicated to semantic content

The Special:SpecialPages page includes many interesting tools for the management of the semantic elements of AIRWiki. Below is a list of those, among these tools, which are most useful to non-expert users.

Browsing existing elements

Creating new elements

  • Special:AddPage create a new page with (also) semantic content, using one of the available forms

Take a look to Special:SpecialPages for a complete list of the available tools.

External resources

  • SMW help: help on the semantic tools provided by the Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) extension used by AIRWiki.
  • AIRWiki_Ontology: this is the structure of the ontology behind the semantic elements of AIRWiki. Useful to keep in mind when writing queries.
  • SMW extension: official page of the SMW extension for MediaWiki. It provides a list of the features of SMW.
  • Semantic Forms extension for SMW: official page of the extension providing SMW with semantic forms functionality, listing its features.