Semantic MediaWiki

Hey all,

Over the past few months a lot of absolutely fantastic work has been done
by many great contributors to SMW and associated extensions. Although we're
not quite yet ready for our next big release, we're getting pretty close.
To facilitate you in trying out all the new goodies, there is now a beta
release of SMW 1.8 available, as well as a first release candidate of
several other extensions.

You can get the beta and release candidates here:

* Semantic MediaWiki 1.8 beta 1:
https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw/SemanticMediaWiki/tags
* Semantic Result Formats 1.8 RC1:
https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw/SemanticResultFormats/tags
* Semantic Maps 2.0 RC1: https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw/SemanticMaps/tags
* Maps 2.0 RC1: https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw/Maps/tags
* Validator 0.5 RC1: https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw/Validator/tags

Please report any issues you run into on bugzilla [0] and link any release
blockers on the blockers page [1].

For details on what's been added and improved see the release notes bundled
with these extensions. A more comprehensive overview will be provided at
actual release :)

[0] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
[1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki_1.8/Blockers

Cheers

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Jeroen De Dauw
http://www.bn2vs.com
Don't panic. Don't be evil.
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