The DataNamespace is interesting. It is already possible to just add tabular data to MediaWikis and render them using one of the tabular rendering extensions. I am using the SimpleTable extension on the Brede Wiki. I use LibreOffice Calc to edit the data, but on-wiki table editing and flexible formatting would be preferable. Computation and visualization of the data from the wiki is done with an off-wiki web service, see, e.g., http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/cgi-bin/brede_bw_metaanalysis?title=Major+Depressiv… I have added the following to the state-of-the-art section on meta: * In the [http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/wiki/Main_Page Brede Wiki], Finn Årup Nielsen is using ordinary namespace pages to store comma-separated values including one-row header for scientific data, see, e.g., [http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/wiki/Bipolar_Disorder_Neuroimaging_Database_-_Amygd… Example on CSV file]. This data can then be transcluded on other pages on the wiki, see, e.g., [http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/wiki/Bipolar_Disorder_Neuroimaging_Database_-_Amygd… example]. The transclusion uses the 'tab' tag from the 'SimpleTable' extension of Johan the Ghost defined in a template, making a static table rendering (except for the standard sortable style). The data from the CSV pages is read by an external script that performs meta-analysis on the data, see, e.g., [http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/cgi-bin/brede_bw_metaanalysis?title=Bipolar+Disorde… meta-analysis example]. This script also allows for export of the CSV data in JSON format. The 'semantic' annotation of the column header takes place in standard MediaWiki templates, that are aware of the format of the external script API, see, e.g., [http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/wiki/Template:Metaanalysis_csv metaanalysis csv template] referenced from [http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/wiki/BiND#Meta-analysis BiND metaanalysis section]. This simple approach, which requires no modification of a standard installation of MediaWiki beyond the 'SimpleTable' extension enabling, has been described in more detail in a few articles: [http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/6345/pdf/imm6345.pdf Online open neuroimaging mass meta-analysis with a wiki] [http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/6302/pdf/imm6302.pdf Online open neuroimaging mass meta-analysis] (shorter paper) [http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/6346/pdf/imm6346.pdf Brede tools and federating online neuroinformatics databases] (some mentioning of the system) On 08/28/2013 02:06 AM, Dario Taraborelli wrote: