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Hvad er TemplateData?
TemplateData er en måde at opbevare information om en skabelon og dens parametre, så VisualEditor kan hente og vise det i skabelonens editor, og dermed gøre det nemmere at redigere skabeloner.

TemplateData giver brugerne mulighed for at skrive små bidder struktureret data i en skabelon side, eller som skal trækkes ind på en skabelon side (som på et dokumentationsside). Når en skabelon har disse strukturerede data, kan det blive vist korrekt i VisualEditor. Selvom det kan lyde kompliceret, det er faktisk meget nemt.



Strukturen af TemplateData
TemplateData strukturen er bygget op omkring JSON-standarden, og er forholdsvis enkel. Bemærk at alle beskrivelser i TemplateData skal være i almindelig tekst (ingen wikitekst, ingen links, etc.).

Det første der skal gøres, er at skrive et par  tags, hvor som helst på skabelonens dokumentation underside, som her:

Dette fortæller softwaren, at alt mellem de to mærker er TemplateData og skal refereres, når skabelonen anvendes.



Eksempel
The descriptions inside TemplateData follow a standard layout; let's say that you have a template called "Commons" for linking to a Commons category about a topic. It takes one mandatory parameter: the name of the category on Commons. The TemplateData would look something like this:

This would display, in the template, like so: {       "description": "A template for linking to a commons category about an article", "params": { "1": {                       "label": "Commons category", "description": "The commons category you want to link to.", "default": "Category:CommonsRoot", "type": "string", "required": true }       } }



Description and parameters
Once you're done, hit "save". If you've made errors, it will not let you save (which is disruptive, but means you can't break anything). Should you run into errors, explain on the feedback page what you were trying to do, and we will be happy to help.

Note that each bit of information is enclosed in quotation marks (except for  and  ), and separated from the next bit by a comma (unless it's the last one).



Parameter aliases
Some templates allow a same parameter to have different names.

For example,  could also be written as   or.

To add this information to TemplateData, you simply need to add the aliases to the parameter's information:



Multiple parameters
If you have multiple parameters, just repeat each section (starting from the "1" tag) and fill it out as you see fit. Note that if a template has multiple parameters, you need to separate them with a comma in the templatedata, like so:



Similar parameters
When a template has multiple parameters, sometimes some of them can be of the same kind. In this case, you only need to provide full properties for the first one, and the others can "inherit" their properties from it.



Blank boilerplate
You can copy the blank boilerplate below to add new TemplateData to a template. Only the most common tags are included.



Limitations and questions

 * Missing features — TemplateData is very much an example of tool that was made available with few features, in hope that users would help to guide development of features that they desired. If you'd like to request new features for TemplateData, please let us know.
 * Delays in showing in templates — After adding TemplateData to a template, the metadata should be visible immediately when the template is opened in VisualEditor. However, it is possible that it takes hours before the metadata show. You can force an update by making a null edit to the template page itself (not the documentation subpage). To perform a null edit, open the template page for editing, and save the page without making any change.
 * Current issues — A list of current bugs and feature requests is available in bugzilla.



Værktøjer

 * TemplateDataEditor — A user script that makes the process of adding TemplateData easier. It currently exists in English and French, and can easily be translated into other languages.
 * TemplateData Wizard — A tool that generates TemplateData through an interactive interface.
 * Skeleton TemplateData generator — A tool that reads the source wikicode of a template, tries to find all the parameters used and outputs a skeleton document with the parameters listed.
 * JSONLint — A tool that allows you to validate manually-written JSON to help find errors in the syntax.