Extension:Semantic MediaWiki

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Semantic MediaWiki Release status: stable
Implementation	Link markup, Tag, Extended syntax, Search, Special page
Description	SMW allows users to add structured data to wiki pages through simple wikitext markup that turns links to other pages and data values in a page into meaningful properties. With this information, SMW helps to search, organize, browse, evaluate, and share the wiki's content.
Author(s)	Markus Krötzsch, Denny Vrandecic and others
Last version	1.7.0.2 (2012-01-15)
MediaWiki	1.16.0 or greater
Database changes	yes
License	GPLv2
Download	from SourceForge Download snapshot Subversion [Help] Browse source code View code changes latest README in SVN browse SVN for recent changes
Example	San Diego page on semanticweb.org
Hooks used ParserTestTables InternalParseBeforeLinks ArticleDelete TitleMoveComplete LinksUpdateConstructed ParserAfterTidy NewRevisionFromEditComplete OutputPageParserOutput ArticleFromTitle ParserFirstCallInit SkinTemplateToolboxEnd SkinAfterContent AdminLinks ExtensionTypes
Check usage (experimental) Bugs: list open list all report

This placeholder is to ensure that Semantic MediaWiki shows up in the Extension Matrix. The actual homepage of Semantic MediaWiki, including user documentation in multiple languages, is semantic-mediawiki.org. There are various other pages in the MediaWiki and Wikipedia space related to SMW, but the homepage is the most up-to-date source of information.

There are a large number of "spinoff" extensions that require the presence of Semantic MediaWiki; see the category Semantic MediaWiki extensions for the full list (some of these extensions are obsolete).

Semantic MediaWiki and various of its spinoff extensions are also available in two different packages: SMW+ and Semantic Bundle.

Note: Please refer to this page on semantic-mediawiki.org for information on how to obtain this extension. It is not advised to use the extension distributor of mediawiki.org for this purpose.

External links

• Semantic MediaWiki project site and user documentation
• Semantic MediaWiki article on Wikipedia
• Historical Semantic MediaWiki documents on meta.wikimedia, describing the genesis of the project and its early design
• Sites using Semantic MediaWiki (attempt at an incomplete list)
• The Semantic MediaWiki Community Wiki, which features its own list of sites that use SMW, filterable by language, data type, etc.

See also

• Extension:Data (a similar extension)
• Extension:DynamicPageList (can extract data from articles, especially template variables, current version)
• Extension:WikiDB (provides database features, somewhat similar to semantic properties)
• Extension:Infobox Data Capture (Captures key-value pairs, simpler but less functional)