Help:TemplateData/pt



O que é TemplateData?
TemplateData é uma forma de armazenar informação sobre uma predefinição e seus parâmetros, de tal modo que o Editor Visual possa obtê-la e exibi-la no editor de predefinições, facilitando assim a edição das predefinições.

TemplateData permite que os usuários escrevam pequenos trechos de dados estruturados na página de uma predefinição, ou em uma página que será transcluída na predefinição (tal como uma paǵina de documentação). Uma vez que a predefinição tenha esses dados estruturados, eles podem ser exibidos adequadamente no Editor Visual. Mesmo que isso pareça complicado, na verdade é bastante fácil.



Structure of TemplateData
A estrutura de TemplateData é baseada no padrão JSON, e é bastante simples. Note que todas as descrições em TemplateData precisam estar em texto simples (sem código wiki, links, etc.).

The first thing to do is to type out a pair of  tags, anywhere on the template's documentation subpage, like so:

Isso informa o software que tudo entre as duas marcas é TemplateData e deve ser referenciado quando o modelo é usado.



Example
As descrições dentro do TemplateData seguem um layout padrão; Digamos que você tem um modelo chamado "Commons" para vincular a uma categoria de Commons sobre um tópico. Leva um parâmetro obrigatório: o nome da categoria no Commons. O TemplateData seria parecido com este:

Isso apareceria, na predefinição, da seguinte forma: {       "description": "A template for linking to a commons category about an article", "params": { "1": {                       "label": "Categoria do Commons", "description": "A categoria do Commons para a qual deseja criar um link.", "default": "Category:CommonsRoot", "type": "string", "required": true }       } }



Descrição e parâmetros
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:



Auto value
You can specify an "autovalue" for a parameter. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added.

To add this information to TemplateData, simply add the autovalue 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.



Tools

 * TemplateDataEditor — A user script that makes the process of adding TemplateData easier. It currently exists in French (contains English, Italian, Japanese and Korean translations), 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.