[SMW-devel] extension VisualData -- a lightweight yet powerful approach to semantic data

[Thomas <th...@to...>]

hello,

    I would like to announce this extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualData



It is an alternative way to create and query datasets on your wiki and has the following features:

-- is based on json-schemas (the industry standard for description of data)

-- schemas can be created through a user-friendly interface and are used for validation of forms

-- can automatically generate complex forms out of json schemas and includes a lot of fancy inputs, including MapTiler (for rendering maps) and TinyMCE

-- inputs with auto-completion based on VisualData queries

-- queries are performed using a SMW-like language through a parser function, or through an API

-- offers several printout formats including datatables, datatables automatically use Ajax and the filter is case-insensitive (a limitation affecting SMW)

-- can easily generate info-boxes with one-to-many relationships

-- supports MW 1.35.3-1.42





The link above includes the official documentation and here https://wikisphere.org/wiki/Demo_VisualData you can find a lot of demos (which are currently used also as tests when releasing a new version)



The extension is currently enough stable and full-featured and has been tested in production projects.



If you want to contribute there is a lot to do mainly in relation to the schema processor & of course any contribution is welcome.



Looking forward to your feedback and use-cases. (VisualData can coexist with SMW and PageForms/Cargo, so there is no need to choose among the 3) 





All the best

(Thomas)