From: Steffen K. <ste...@gm...> - 2014-07-23 04:32:00
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Hi group, hi Yaron when looking into the DataTransfer documentation, it says: "..The XML import requires the standard, i.e. non-simplified, XML format that "ViewXML" produces,..", which I understand that I could use some ViewXML output as template for own imports. My question is now regarding the <Free_Text> section: When looking into the ViewXML output, I can see a lot of tags and formatting which Wikimedia has added around the original input text, which is understandable in a way, because it defines what finally appears on the screen, Example: <Free_Text id="1"> <h1><span class="mw-headline" id="cmd::22F113:_has_title::Requests_Part_Number_from_Module"><a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Cmd::22F113&action=edit&redlink=1" .... But does that mean for an XML import, that I have to "foresee" all this formatting and to add it directly into the file before the import, or can I just upload, what I would have normally written as wikitext and Mediawiki then does all it's formatting later, e.g. when the page is been displayed first time? regards Steffen |
From: Yaron K. <ya...@wi...> - 2014-07-23 15:12:20
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Hi Steffen, No - you should definitely have only wikitext, not HTML, in the "Free_Text" tag for the XML import. It should be noted that Data Transfer's Special:ViewXML and Special:ImportXML are not meant for round-trip usage, unlike MediaWiki's Special:Export and Special:Import - in fact, a round-trip attempt won't actually work. DT's special pages are meant for exchanging information with non-MediaWiki systems - which is why Special:ViewXML does its own conversion of wikitext to HTML. -Yaron On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:31 AM, Steffen Köhler < ste...@gm...> wrote: > Hi group, hi Yaron > > when looking into the DataTransfer documentation, it says: "..The XML > import requires the standard, i.e. non-simplified, XML format that > "ViewXML" produces,..", which I understand that I could use some ViewXML > output as template for own imports. > > My question is now regarding the <Free_Text> section: > > When looking into the ViewXML output, I can see a lot of tags and > formatting which Wikimedia has added around the original input text, which > is understandable in a way, because it defines what finally appears on the > screen, > > Example: > <Free_Text id="1"> > <h1><span class="mw-headline" > id="cmd::22F113:_has_title::Requests_Part_Number_from_Module"><a > href="/wiki/index.php?title=Cmd::22F113&action=edit&redlink=1" .... > > > But does that mean for an XML import, that I have to "foresee" all this > formatting and to add it directly into the file before the import, or can I > just upload, what I would have normally written as wikitext and Mediawiki > then does all it's formatting later, e.g. when the page is been displayed > first time? > > regards > Steffen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and > search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck > Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code > search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com |
From: Steffen K. <ste...@gm...> - 2014-07-24 05:36:32
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Hi Yaron, that's what I hoped to hear - I was really not sure if xmlimport now acts more as a kind of backup- recovery (means with all the formating in) or more as a wikitext importer. Many thanks Steffen |