Hello,

I've placed a proposal for a flexible syntax for declaring and using fields in MediaWiki articles on the meta-wiki at:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flexible_Fields_for_MediaWiki

I'd appreciate comments/improvements, especially with regard to:

* how the syntax would interact with pre-existing variable and template behavior * how support could be implemented in the database (a topic currently not addressed at all by the proposal).

Thanks,

- Gordon @ Bitzi