Extension:Page Forms/Related extensions

There are various other MediaWiki extensions that relate to Page Forms in some way.

Extensions that Page Forms can make use of, if they are installed

 * Semantic MediaWiki
 * - provides a page of links for administrators - if PF is installed, it adds many links to the page.
 * - can be used to automatically generate form definition pages from an XML schema.
 * - can be used to automatically generate form definition pages from an XML schema.

Providing editing interfaces within textarea fields:



Extensions that define Page Forms form inputs

 * - defines the input types and.
 * - defines the input type.
 * - defines the input type.

Extensions intended to support Page Forms' template-based approach

 * - imports data from an external source into wiki pages with template calls.
 * - displays an incrementing number (can be used for multiple-instance templates).

Obsolete extensions
The following Page Forms-related extensions are archived, obsolete, or at least appear to not be maintained.

That define PF form inputs

 * - defines some HTML5-based form inputs.
 * - defines the input types,  ,  and.
 * - defines the input type.
 * - defines the input types and.
 * - defines the input type (for Yandex Maps).

That otherwise require Page Forms

 * - displays a helper form similar to, but that can contain more than one entry field.
 * - lets you add a "preview" field to a form, showing what the resulting page name will be if the name is generated automatically.
 * Automatic Semantic Forms - creates on-the-fly forms based on the template calls within a page, without the need to define the forms (part of SMW+).
 * - used to define workflow for reviewing documents.
 * - used to configure the Nagios monitoring software.
 * OWL Wiki Forms - supports forms for editing property, template and form pages.
 * - lets forms create a large series of event pages at once.
 * - used to set read and write permissions on pages in the wiki.
 * - lets Page Forms (then called Semantic Forms) be used to edit inline template calls within wiki-text.
 * Semantic Friendly Forms - the predecessor to OWL Wiki Forms.
 * - uses forms to add annotations to images.
 * - lets forms create multiple pages at once.
 * - lets forms create a large series of pages at once.
 * - enables a form for populating user pages when users register.
 * - lets users enter information for the  extension via forms.
 * - uses forms to add annotations to text.

That support a template-based approach

 * - allows certain pages to be designated as "include-only", to enable less-hacky transclusion.
 * - lets  tags be added to wiki-text via a template parameter.
 * - provides an API for accessing and modifying fields within template calls.

That perform similar actions to Page Forms

 * - lets users define forms for creating (but not editing) pages.
 * - lets users define forms for creating, editing and querying structured data in wiki pages.
 * - lets users defined forms for creating and editing SMW-based data
 * - enables defining forms for querying semantic data.
 * - enables defining forms for querying semantic data.
 * - lets users define forms for creating and editing pages.

That are based on Page Forms

 * - lets users add a popup file-upload window to any page.