Extension:Attribute
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| Implementation | Tag, Special page |
| Description | Add attribute tag |
| Author(s) | Xypron |
| Version | 0.4 (10th February, 2007) |
| MediaWiki | 1.8, 1.7.1, 1.5.8 |
| Download | http://xywattributeext.sourceforge.net |
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[edit] Why is this extension necessary?
Currently MediaWiki only allows the use of categories as attributes. These can only hold binary values:
- 0: does not belong to category
- 1: does belong to category
Real live attributes of articles can have arbitrary values:
- authors: Meyer, Smith, Hu
- comment: This is neat.
- date of expiry: 2008-12-31
Furthermore data not only occurs as single values but also as datasets:
Example:
Mean average temperature [°C] month= "1", value= "5.7" month= "2", value= "5.8" month= "3", value= "7.8" month= "4", value="11.0" month= "5", value="14.7" month= "6", value="17.7" month= "7", value="19.3" month= "8", value="19.2" month= "9", value="17.2" month="10", value="14.0" month="11", value="10.3" month="12", value= "7.3"
A method to enter such data into MediaWiki in a retrievable way is needed.
[edit] What this extension does
[edit] Editing
A new tag attribute is defined.
<attribute comment="This is neat." /> <attribute author="Meyer" /><attribute author="Smith" /><attribute author="Hu" /> <attribute property="mean monthly temperature" month="11" value="10.3" unit="degC" />
The icon 
is added to the editor to create attribute tags.
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When saving changes the attribute values are written to a database table allowing SQL queries to
[edit] Attribute Tab
An attribute tab is added to the article page showing all attributes.
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[edit] Attribute query page
- A special page for attribute queries is provided.
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[edit] Installation
[edit] Install files
- Download current version from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=174951
- Unzip files to mediawiki/extensions/xyAttribute.
- Add the following statements to Your localSettings.php
require_once( "$IP/extensions/xyAttribute/xyAttribute.php"); $xyAttributePng = "/extensions/xyAttribute/attribute.png"; $xyAttributeMultipleValues = true;
- Adjust pathes as necessary.
When $xyAttributeMultipleValues = true an attribute can have multiple values like:
<attribute author="Meyer" /><attribute author="Smith" /><attribute author="Hu" />
$xyAttributeMultipleValues = false signifies that only the last value shall be used.
[edit] Create table
In your MediaWiki site you will now find an "Attributes" tab on each page. The installation procedure will commence by simply hitting it.
[edit] Tested environments
The extension has been successfully tested in the following environments:
[edit] MediaWiki 1.8
- Windows 2000 prof
- MediaWiki 1.8 alpha rev. 15483
- Apache 2.0.49
- PHP Version 5.1.1
- MySQL - 5.0.23-community-nt
[edit] MediaWiki 1.7
- Windows 2000 prof
- MediaWiki 1.7.1
- Apache 2.0.49
- PHP Version 5.1.1
- MySQL - 5.0.23-community-nt
[edit] MediaWiki 1.5
The following setups needed patching
- Windows 2000 prof
- MediaWiki 1.5.8, rev. 16026
- Apache 2.0.49
- PHP Version 5.1.1
- MySQL - 5.0.23-community-nt
- Linux (RedHat)
- MediaWiki 1.5.8, rev. 16026
- Apache 2.0.49
- PHP 4.3.8
- MySQL 3.23.58
For adding the tab "attributes" in version 1.5 the following patch is needed:
Index: includes/SkinTemplate.php
===================================================================
--- includes/SkinTemplate.php (revision 16026)
+++ includes/SkinTemplate.php (working copy)
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@
}
}
}
+ wfRunHooks( 'SkinTemplateTabs', array( &$this , &$content_actions ) ) ;
} else {
/* show special page tab */
The extra editor button can be made visible with this patch in mediawiki 1.5:
Index: EditPage.php
===================================================================
--- includes/EditPage.php (revision 16026)
+++ includes/EditPage.php (working copy)
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@
*/
function getEditToolbar() {
global $wgStylePath, $wgContLang, $wgMimeType, $wgJsMimeType;
+ global $xyAttributePng;
/**
* toolarray an array of arrays which each include the filename of
@@ -1124,6 +1125,7 @@
$toolbar.="addInfobox('" . wfEscapeJsString( wfMsg( "infobox" ) ) .
"','" . wfEscapeJsString( wfMsg( "infobox_alert" ) ) . "');\n";
+ $toolbar.="addButton('$xyAttributePng','".wfMsg('xyattribute')."','<'+'attribute name=\"','\" />','value');\n";
$toolbar.="document.writeln(\"</div>\");\n";
$toolbar.="/*]]>*/\n</script>";
[edit] To do
[edit] Evaluation
A special page for querying the database for attribute values is needed.
[edit] Alternatives
[edit] Project Homepage
The homepage of the project on Sourceforge is http://xywattributeext.sourceforge.net
