[Wikiversity-l] Image: namespace

[Gerald A]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:58 PM, James Neill <lists at wilderdom.com> wrote:

>  I'm guessing the use of the Image: namespace for all kinds of attachments
> arises from historical legacy? But as a way to upload and link to files it
> is far from intuitive, particularly for newcomers. Does anyone know if
> there's any work towards, say, upcoming MW versions using something like
> File: or Attachment: namespaces for non-image files?
>

I'm not sure "Attachment" make more sense in this context. While I know that
this is derived from e-mail, files aren't attached to MW pages, but rather
linked.

File might be a bit too generic, though, as I think you want the link to
indicate the type of file. Image links actually can render the images in a
page; for some things (audio, video) this might make sense. In other cases,
it might not, such as binary files or PDFs.

That said, if there were MW extensions that can handle alternate files, and
we can find a use for them, we can lobby to have them installed.

Thanks,
Gerald.
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