Hi all,

Semantic MediaWiki has just been released in version 0.7. This version should support MediaWiki 1.9 and 1.10 (and probably 1.8), but installation for 1.10 should be particularly simple since no manual file patches are needed any more.

Core new features include:

* New special pages for searching and browsing data, in particular Special:Browse. These replace the old Special:SearchTriple (which still exists as a stub for backwards compatibility). * Informative listings of results on all pages in the namespaces Attribute, Relation, and Type. * Additional options for formatting results of inline queries, supporting templates, transclusion of result pages, and counting of results. * New datatype for enumerated string values. * Maintenance script for updating the semantic database, e.g. after importing text-only data. * More languages. * A large number of smaller fixes and improvements.

Upgrading from an existing SMW 0.6 should not be difficult. The main change from prior versions is that the file SMW_LocalSettings.php is now obsolete and the contents of LocalSettings.php is slightly changed accordingly (see INSTALL). But the database layout is fully compatible to SMW 0.6 (in both directions). You may still want to use Special:SMWAdmin to trigger some added DB optimisations.

Some updates of the documentation are still needed to reflect the new features. Completed translation files can still be submitted -- there might be an SMW 0.7.1 to include them. If you find any problems, send a mail to semediawiki-user@lists.sourceforge.net or file a bug at MediaZilla.

Last but not least, big thanks to all developers, translators, and users who have contributed to the current release.

Have fun,

Markus