Kinda simple question, I havent reviewed the code, but would it be possible to setup this extension so that the default action is kept as is, but have a user preference to enable this extension (IE opt-in vs opt-out)? John On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Daniel Renfro <drenfro(a)vistaprint.com>wrote;wrote:

Cheers Greg, We here at Vistaprint have very little experience with SMW/SMW forms. I personally experimented with it at my last job[1] but haven't used it in years. Our staff directory consists of a home-rolled extension that uses locally cached information from ActiveDirectory (via LDAP.) I also didn't find much via Google on implementing a personnel-directory with SMW...I don't think there is much out there. It sounds very plausible and I encourage you to try SMW, I've heard great things about it. You might want to have a look at the WikiData project, too.[2] It provides a centralized place for structured data - it solves a different problem than SMW, though. [3] Best wishes, --Daniel [1.] http://ecoliwiki.net [2.] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page [3.] https://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMW_and_Wikidata From: greg.rundlett(a)gmail.com [mailto:greg.rundlett@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Greg Rundlett (freephile) Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 3:43 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Cc: Daniel Barrett; Daniel Renfro Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] New extensions from Vistaprint Hi guys, I'd like to build a staff directory using Semantic MediaWiki and smw forms. Just wondering if you tackled such a thing and might be able to share. Or, do you know where to find an example since my Google-fu is failing me. ~ Greg Greg Rundlett http://eQuality-Tech.com http://freephile.org On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Daniel Renfro <drenfro@vistaprint.com<mailto:drenfro@vistaprint.com>> wrote: At Vistaprint (www.vistaprint.com<http://www.vistaprint.com>)m>), we have an extensive internal wiki, and over the last six years, my team has built 50+ custom MediaWiki extensions. I'm happy to announce that we are starting to release these extensions as open source. They range from very small (see below) to quite powerful & unique. To help us get familiar with Wikimedia's Git/Gerrit process, we're beginning with a very small but useful extension: CategoryTagSorter. It simply alphabetizes the category links displayed in articles. (Normally they appear in the same order written as in the wikitext.) It has been called "the simplest useful MediaWiki extension" and was written originally by Dan Barrett (User:Maiden_taiwan, also author of the O'Reilly MediaWiki book). Have a look at the documentation at: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTagSorter View the code at: https://git.wikimedia.org/log/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FCategoryTagSorter We are looking forward to releasing more extensions in the coming months, and hope to become more involved in the MediaWiki community in general. Questions and/or comments can be sent to me directly, or to MediawikiExtensions@vistaprint.com<mailto:MediawikiExtensions@vistaprint.com>. Cheers, --Daniel Renfro (User:AlephNull) and the rest of the MediaWiki development team at Vistaprint _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Glad to hear it worked out! Have you read Yaron's MediaWiki book? I found it quite helpful when investigating SMW at my last job. [ http://www.amazon.com/Working-MediaWiki-Yaron-Koren/dp/0615720307 ] --Daniel From: greg.rundlett(a)gmail.com [mailto:greg.rundlett@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Greg Rundlett (freephile) Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 11:52 PM To: Daniel Renfro Cc: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list; Daniel Barrett; Yaron Koren Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] New extensions from Vistaprint On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Daniel Renfro <drenfro@vistaprint.com<mailto:drenfro@vistaprint.com>> wrote: Cheers Greg, We here at Vistaprint have very little experience with SMW/SMW forms. I personally experimented with it at my last job[1] but haven't used it in years. Our staff directory consists of a home-rolled extension that uses locally cached information from ActiveDirectory (via LDAP.) I also didn't find much via Google on implementing a personnel-directory with SMW...I don't think there is much out there. It sounds very plausible and I encourage you to try SMW, I've heard great things about it. Well, I tried it and succeeded at making a Company Staff Directory using Semantic MediaWiki and the PageSchema extension. Much thanks to Yaron Koren for his help :-) This "PageSchema" sets up a Category entry for "Person". Using the Page Schema extension, you can generate the templates, properties and forms for the object. Then, using DataTransfer I was able to inport a CSV to populate my Company Directory with people. I did have to do a bit of manual tweaking (for example you can't specify an uploadable file input through PageSchema, so I had to adjust the semantic form manually.) If I get time, I plan to implement a bigger project and/or do a writeup and documentation. I'd say this was a LOT faster than the time I setup an LDAP directory. Of course it's not an LDAP directory, but it could proove to be more useful. <PageSchema> <semanticforms_Form name="Person"> <CreateTitle>Create a new Person</CreateTitle> <EditTitle>Edit Person</EditTitle> <standardInputs freeTextLabel="Free text" inputFreeText="1" inputWatch="1" inputSave="1" inputCancel="1"/> </semanticforms_Form> <Template name="Person" format="standard"> <Field name="First Name"> <Label>First Name</Label> <semanticmediawiki_Property name=""> <Type>Text</Type> </semanticmediawiki_Property> <semanticforms_FormInput> <InputType>text</InputType> </semanticforms_FormInput> </Field> <Field name="Last Name"> <Label>Last Name</Label> <semanticmediawiki_Property name=""> <Type>Text</Type> </semanticmediawiki_Property> <semanticforms_FormInput> <InputType>text</InputType> </semanticforms_FormInput> </Field> <Field name="Company" display="nonempty"> <Label>Company</Label> <semanticmediawiki_Property name=""> <Type>Page</Type> <AllowedValue>Benu (Billerica)</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Benu (Contractor)</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Benu (India)</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>PrimeSoft</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Tech Mahindra</AllowedValue> </semanticmediawiki_Property> <semanticforms_FormInput> <InputType>dropdown</InputType> </semanticforms_FormInput> </Field> <Field name="Department"> <Label>Department</Label> <semanticmediawiki_Property name=""> <Type>Page</Type> <AllowedValue>Engineering</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Engineering - Tech Pubs</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Engineering - Sustaining</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Engineering - SQA</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Manufacturing</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>General &amp; Administrative</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Sales Engineering</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Sales</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Support</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Marketing</AllowedValue> <AllowedValue>Other</AllowedValue> </semanticmediawiki_Property> <semanticforms_FormInput> <InputType>dropdown</InputType> </semanticforms_FormInput> </Field> <Field name="Manager"> <Label>Manager</Label> <semanticmediawiki_Property name=""> <Type>Text</Type> </semanticmediawiki_Property> <semanticforms_FormInput> <InputType>text with autocomplete</InputType> </semanticforms_FormInput> </Field> <Field name="Email Address"> <Label>Email Address</Label> <semanticmediawiki_Property name=""> <Type>Email</Type> </semanticmediawiki_Property> <semanticforms_FormInput/> </Field> <Field name="Subversion Username"> <Label>Subversion Username</Label> <semanticforms_FormInput> <InputType>text</InputType> </semanticforms_FormInput> </Field> </Template> <Template name="Skill" multiple="multiple" format="plain"> <semanticforms_TemplateDetails> <Label>Skills</Label> </semanticforms_TemplateDetails> <Field name="Skill Name"> <Label>Skill</Label> <semanticmediawiki_Property name=""> <Type>Page</Type> </semanticmediawiki_Property> <semanticforms_FormInput> <InputType>combobox</InputType> </semanticforms_FormInput> </Field> <Field name="Photo" display="nonempty"> <Label>Photo</Label> <semanticforms_FormInput> <InputType>text with autocomplete</InputType> </semanticforms_FormInput> </Field> </Template> </PageSchema> Greg Rundlett http://eQuality-Tech.com http://freephile.org