[Semediawiki-user] Using internal objects or another method to assign properties to "cases"

[David E. <dav...@um...>]

Hi everyone,


I would like to use semantic media wiki to formalize the knowledge in
journal articles and to compare statements made between the articles.
For me, this involves organizing what the articles say about various
"cases". 

I'd like to improve on my current method of doing this and am hoping for
suggestions from more advanced users. Right now, after a particularly
informative paragraph in an article, I code some of the information
using #set_internal. But this has a few drawbacks:

1. All the properties for a particular set_internal instance or "case",
need to be coded at once, even if the actual material is spread
throughout the article--even throughout multiple articles. I would like
to be able to code as I read the article, adding to various cases as I
see relevant new information. It is important to keep in mind that (A)
sometimes elements related to a case may be spread across several
articles, and (B) if a case's property is set more than once, then both
values should be stored and displayed in a query.

2. Using my current method, the #set_internal instances when queried
show as a matrix of mostly red-links to new pages. Often, I would prefer
if the links jumped back to the point in the original article where I
set the property.

3. Perhaps another way to explain the result would be a page of
properties for each case. Some properties would have multiple values
assigned. Clicking on a value would take me to the place in an article
where I assigned that value to that case and property.

Here is an example of what I am currently doing:

{{#set_internal:IsPartDiff
|HasTopic=Case
|HasVersion#list=Community informatics, Disinvestment, Slum housing,
Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles (NKLA)
|HasLocation=Los Angeles
|HasStartDate=1996
}}

{{#set_internal:IsPartDiff
|HasTopic=Case
|HasVersion#list=Neighborhood Early Warning System
|HasLocation=Chicago
}}

Comments and/or suggestions would be appreciated 


thank you,
-david