From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2008-07-10 13:40:30
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[Apologies for cross-posting] Hi all, we are happy to announce that Semantic MediaWiki 1.2 has just been released (get it via [1] or [2]). A list of new features and upgrade instructions is provided online [3]. Please be sure to read the upgrade instructions before updating an existing wiki! The main new features, as announced earlier on this list, are: * New SMW storage backend (faster, better redirect support, OR in queries) * vCard export for query results * Improved semantic query syntax and processing (#show, property chains) * Support for custom sortkeys * Stored queries on Concept: pages (aka "dynamic categories" aka OWL classes) * Automated updates (update wiki when proprerties or templates changed) * Other: improved maintenance scripts, bugfixes, more translations Important parts of the online documentation [4] have already been updated to the new version. The new documentation also includes an extended explanation of many query features, and separate pages for the available query printers. Have fun, Markus [1] Download: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=147937 [2] SVN tag: http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/REL_1_2 [3] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:SMW_1.2 [4] http://semantic-mediawiki.org -- Markus Krötzsch Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org http://korrekt.org ma...@se... |
From: Jon L. <dat...@gm...> - 2008-07-10 14:34:13
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Markus Krötzsch wrote: > * Stored queries on Concept: pages (aka "dynamic categories" aka OWL > classes) > Does this mean that Categories are no longer being pressed into service as OWL classes? -- Jonathan "Dataweaver" Lang |
From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2008-07-10 17:52:03
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On Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008, Jon Lang wrote: > Markus Krötzsch wrote: > > * Stored queries on Concept: pages (aka "dynamic categories" aka OWL > > classes) > > Does this mean that Categories are no longer being pressed into service as > OWL classes? SMW of course preserves compatibility with existing wikis, so the interpretation of categories does not change. And there is no "concept hierarchy" anyway. The technical use of categories as OWL classes should not be a problem though -- we know that this interpretation does not fit all categories, but there is no requirement to practically use all categories with SMW. So the advice is to just leave categories as they are and use those in SMW queries that work like classes. Cheers, Markus -- Markus Krötzsch Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org http://korrekt.org ma...@se... |
From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2008-07-10 18:13:44
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Two remarks about the new release: a clarification and, alas, a bug. * It was pointed out that the update instructions [1] are not completely clear: there are upgrade instructions for upgrading to 1.12, and there are general instructions for upgrade/repair. Please follow the former since they are specific to the case where the storage backend changed (as in 1.12). The other generic instructions are also OK but your wiki will experience a short time during update when queries will return incomplete results. In general, the special instructions for some release are always to be preferred over the generic "repair" instructions. The INSTALL in future versions will clarify this better. * The initial file release used the old store as the default setting. This is fixed now (in all places where SMW1.2 is found). The only file that changed is SMW_Settings.php [2]. If you upgraded/installed already, you should update that file (or just download again all files, if preferred) and follow the instructions for install/upgrade again. It is good to see that SMW 1.12 now experiences much more testing than the development version. If further problems occur, we will release a proper follow-up SMW 1.12.1 to solve them. So please let us (or the list) know about any troubles you encounter. Sorry for the inconvenience, Markus [1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation [2] http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/includes/SMW_Settings.php On Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > [Apologies for cross-posting] > > Hi all, > > we are happy to announce that Semantic MediaWiki 1.2 has just been released > (get it via [1] or [2]). A list of new features and upgrade instructions is > provided online [3]. Please be sure to read the upgrade instructions before > updating an existing wiki! > > The main new features, as announced earlier on this list, are: > > * New SMW storage backend (faster, better redirect support, OR in queries) > * vCard export for query results > * Improved semantic query syntax and processing (#show, property chains) > * Support for custom sortkeys > * Stored queries on Concept: pages (aka "dynamic categories" aka OWL > classes) * Automated updates (update wiki when proprerties or templates > changed) * Other: improved maintenance scripts, bugfixes, more translations > > Important parts of the online documentation [4] have already been updated > to the new version. The new documentation also includes an extended > explanation of many query features, and separate pages for the available > query printers. > > > Have fun, > > Markus > > [1] Download: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=147937 > [2] SVN tag: > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/extensions/SemanticMediaWik >i/REL_1_2 [3] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:SMW_1.2 > [4] http://semantic-mediawiki.org -- Markus Krötzsch Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org http://korrekt.org ma...@se... |
From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2008-07-11 07:00:58
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Hi, I have now improved and clarified the online documentation for upgrading existing SMWs [1]. It is now explained how you can install SMW 1.2 without any upgrade procedure, by simply running the old (less powerful) store until later. This is also helpful for wiki farms, where it is not possible to upgrade all installations at the same time. We are aware that the upgrade to a new store is somewhat more work than normally, but many features of SMW 1.2 just could not be realised without this major switch. Cheers, Markus [1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation#Notes_on_Upgrading On Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > Two remarks about the new release: a clarification and, alas, a bug. > > * It was pointed out that the update instructions [1] are not completely > clear: there are upgrade instructions for upgrading to 1.12, and there are > general instructions for upgrade/repair. Please follow the former since > they are specific to the case where the storage backend changed (as in > 1.12). The other generic instructions are also OK but your wiki will > experience a short time during update when queries will return incomplete > results. > > In general, the special instructions for some release are always to be > preferred over the generic "repair" instructions. The INSTALL in future > versions will clarify this better. > > * The initial file release used the old store as the default setting. This > is fixed now (in all places where SMW1.2 is found). The only file that > changed is SMW_Settings.php [2]. If you upgraded/installed already, you > should update that file (or just download again all files, if preferred) > and follow the instructions for install/upgrade again. > > > It is good to see that SMW 1.12 now experiences much more testing than the > development version. If further problems occur, we will release a proper > follow-up SMW 1.12.1 to solve them. So please let us (or the list) know > about any troubles you encounter. > > > Sorry for the inconvenience, > > Markus > > [1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation > [2] > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWi >ki/includes/SMW_Settings.php > > On Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > > [Apologies for cross-posting] > > > > Hi all, > > > > we are happy to announce that Semantic MediaWiki 1.2 has just been > > released (get it via [1] or [2]). A list of new features and upgrade > > instructions is provided online [3]. Please be sure to read the upgrade > > instructions before updating an existing wiki! > > > > The main new features, as announced earlier on this list, are: > > > > * New SMW storage backend (faster, better redirect support, OR in > > queries) * vCard export for query results > > * Improved semantic query syntax and processing (#show, property chains) > > * Support for custom sortkeys > > * Stored queries on Concept: pages (aka "dynamic categories" aka OWL > > classes) * Automated updates (update wiki when proprerties or templates > > changed) * Other: improved maintenance scripts, bugfixes, more > > translations > > > > Important parts of the online documentation [4] have already been updated > > to the new version. The new documentation also includes an extended > > explanation of many query features, and separate pages for the available > > query printers. > > > > > > Have fun, > > > > Markus > > > > [1] Download: > > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=147937 [2] SVN > > tag: > > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/extensions/SemanticMediaW > >ik i/REL_1_2 [3] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:SMW_1.2 > > [4] http://semantic-mediawiki.org -- Markus Krötzsch Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org http://korrekt.org ma...@se... |
From: Sergey C. <sem...@an...> - 2008-07-11 04:45:41
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Markus, maybe it makes sense to release Release Candidates or Betas so people who want stable functionality can rely on "pure number" to be that? This will also help testers to roll back stuff it RCs and BetaXs will have their own SVN tags. This time around I didn't have time to start using 1.12svn or more important projects, but TechPresentations was in a shaky state for a couple of days, but next time hopefully I'll be experimenting with bigger setups and will be glad if switching back and forth was more granular. I hope my recomendations will only help to get more beta-testers onboard. Sergey On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Markus Krötzsch < ma...@se...> wrote: > Two remarks about the new release: a clarification and, alas, a bug. > > * It was pointed out that the update instructions [1] are not completely > clear: there are upgrade instructions for upgrading to 1.12, and there are > general instructions for upgrade/repair. Please follow the former since > they > are specific to the case where the storage backend changed (as in 1.12). > The > other generic instructions are also OK but your wiki will experience a > short > time during update when queries will return incomplete results. > > In general, the special instructions for some release are always to be > preferred over the generic "repair" instructions. The INSTALL in future > versions will clarify this better. > > * The initial file release used the old store as the default setting. This > is > fixed now (in all places where SMW1.2 is found). The only file that changed > is SMW_Settings.php [2]. If you upgraded/installed already, you should > update > that file (or just download again all files, if preferred) and follow the > instructions for install/upgrade again. > > > It is good to see that SMW 1.12 now experiences much more testing than the > development version. If further problems occur, we will release a proper > follow-up SMW 1.12.1 to solve them. So please let us (or the list) know > about > any troubles you encounter. > > > Sorry for the inconvenience, > > Markus > > [1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation > [2] > > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/includes/SMW_Settings.php > > > On Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > > [Apologies for cross-posting] > > > > Hi all, > > > > we are happy to announce that Semantic MediaWiki 1.2 has just been > released > > (get it via [1] or [2]). A list of new features and upgrade instructions > is > > provided online [3]. Please be sure to read the upgrade instructions > before > > updating an existing wiki! > > > > The main new features, as announced earlier on this list, are: > > > > * New SMW storage backend (faster, better redirect support, OR in > queries) > > * vCard export for query results > > * Improved semantic query syntax and processing (#show, property chains) > > * Support for custom sortkeys > > * Stored queries on Concept: pages (aka "dynamic categories" aka OWL > > classes) * Automated updates (update wiki when proprerties or templates > > changed) * Other: improved maintenance scripts, bugfixes, more > translations > > > > Important parts of the online documentation [4] have already been updated > > to the new version. The new documentation also includes an extended > > explanation of many query features, and separate pages for the available > > query printers. > > > > > > Have fun, > > > > Markus > > > > [1] Download: > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=147937 > > [2] SVN tag: > > > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/extensions/SemanticMediaWik > >i/REL_1_2 [3] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:SMW_1.2 > > [4] http://semantic-mediawiki.org > > > > -- > Markus Krötzsch > Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org > http://korrekt.org ma...@se... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > > -- Sergey Chernyshev http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/ |
From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2008-07-11 09:04:30
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On Freitag, 11. Juli 2008, Sergey Chernyshev wrote: > Markus, maybe it makes sense to release Release Candidates or Betas so > people who want stable functionality can rely on "pure number" to be that? > This will also help testers to roll back stuff it RCs and BetaXs will have > their own SVN tags. > > This time around I didn't have time to start using 1.12svn or more > important projects, but TechPresentations was in a shaky state for a couple > of days, but next time hopefully I'll be experimenting with bigger setups > and will be glad if switching back and forth was more granular. > > I hope my recomendations will only help to get more beta-testers onboard. Thanks, this is a good suggestion (we had RCs for 1.0, but this was much more of a change). I should note that SMW 1.2 of course is not untested, but was used on many sites already for quite some time (we see that in our SMW-Registry). But you always get further feedback when an official release is out. The update note I had to send was entirely due to my personal error in forgetting to change a single, unfortunately important, configuration setting. So its not a proper "bug" that one would note in terms of any failures in the wiki but just something I did wrong in final release packaging. In the end, we weighted the options and decided that it would be useful to have 1.2 released before Wikimania next week. The 1.2 release had already been delayed due to various factors, but we did want to get it out not just one day before getting on a plane to Egypt ;-) Markus > > Sergey > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Markus Krötzsch < > > ma...@se...> wrote: > > Two remarks about the new release: a clarification and, alas, a bug. > > > > * It was pointed out that the update instructions [1] are not completely > > clear: there are upgrade instructions for upgrading to 1.12, and there > > are general instructions for upgrade/repair. Please follow the former > > since they > > are specific to the case where the storage backend changed (as in 1.12). > > The > > other generic instructions are also OK but your wiki will experience a > > short > > time during update when queries will return incomplete results. > > > > In general, the special instructions for some release are always to be > > preferred over the generic "repair" instructions. The INSTALL in future > > versions will clarify this better. > > > > * The initial file release used the old store as the default setting. > > This is > > fixed now (in all places where SMW1.2 is found). The only file that > > changed is SMW_Settings.php [2]. If you upgraded/installed already, you > > should update > > that file (or just download again all files, if preferred) and follow the > > instructions for install/upgrade again. > > > > > > It is good to see that SMW 1.12 now experiences much more testing than > > the development version. If further problems occur, we will release a > > proper follow-up SMW 1.12.1 to solve them. So please let us (or the list) > > know about > > any troubles you encounter. > > > > > > Sorry for the inconvenience, > > > > Markus > > > > [1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation > > [2] > > > > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/SemanticMedia > >Wiki/includes/SMW_Settings.php > > > > On Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > > > [Apologies for cross-posting] > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > we are happy to announce that Semantic MediaWiki 1.2 has just been > > > > released > > > > > (get it via [1] or [2]). A list of new features and upgrade > > > instructions > > > > is > > > > > provided online [3]. Please be sure to read the upgrade instructions > > > > before > > > > > updating an existing wiki! > > > > > > The main new features, as announced earlier on this list, are: > > > > > > * New SMW storage backend (faster, better redirect support, OR in > > > > queries) > > > > > * vCard export for query results > > > * Improved semantic query syntax and processing (#show, property > > > chains) * Support for custom sortkeys > > > * Stored queries on Concept: pages (aka "dynamic categories" aka OWL > > > classes) * Automated updates (update wiki when proprerties or templates > > > changed) * Other: improved maintenance scripts, bugfixes, more > > > > translations > > > > > Important parts of the online documentation [4] have already been > > > updated to the new version. The new documentation also includes an > > > extended explanation of many query features, and separate pages for the > > > available query printers. > > > > > > > > > Have fun, > > > > > > Markus > > > > > > [1] Download: > > > > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=147937 > > > > > [2] SVN tag: > > > > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/extensions/SemanticMediaW > >ik > > > > >i/REL_1_2 [3] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:SMW_1.2 > > > [4] http://semantic-mediawiki.org > > > > -- > > Markus Krötzsch > > Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org > > http://korrekt.org ma...@se... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > > _______________________________________________ > > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > > Sem...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel -- Markus Krötzsch Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org http://korrekt.org ma...@se... |
From: Sergey C. <sem...@an...> - 2008-07-13 03:05:21
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OK, Wikimania itself is a good occasion - it's good you were able to officially release 1.2 for it ;) Good luck at the conference, I hope SMW will get great exposure and support from the community! Sergey On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 5:04 AM, Markus Krötzsch < ma...@se...> wrote: > On Freitag, 11. Juli 2008, Sergey Chernyshev wrote: > > Markus, maybe it makes sense to release Release Candidates or Betas so > > people who want stable functionality can rely on "pure number" to be > that? > > This will also help testers to roll back stuff it RCs and BetaXs will > have > > their own SVN tags. > > > > This time around I didn't have time to start using 1.12svn or more > > important projects, but TechPresentations was in a shaky state for a > couple > > of days, but next time hopefully I'll be experimenting with bigger setups > > and will be glad if switching back and forth was more granular. > > > > I hope my recomendations will only help to get more beta-testers onboard. > > Thanks, this is a good suggestion (we had RCs for 1.0, but this was much > more > of a change). > > I should note that SMW 1.2 of course is not untested, but was used on many > sites already for quite some time (we see that in our SMW-Registry). But > you > always get further feedback when an official release is out. The update > note > I had to send was entirely due to my personal error in forgetting to change > a > single, unfortunately important, configuration setting. So its not a > proper "bug" that one would note in terms of any failures in the wiki but > just something I did wrong in final release packaging. > > In the end, we weighted the options and decided that it would be useful to > have 1.2 released before Wikimania next week. The 1.2 release had already > been delayed due to various factors, but we did want to get it out not just > one day before getting on a plane to Egypt ;-) > > Markus > > > > > Sergey > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Markus Krötzsch < > > > > ma...@se...> wrote: > > > Two remarks about the new release: a clarification and, alas, a bug. > > > > > > * It was pointed out that the update instructions [1] are not > completely > > > clear: there are upgrade instructions for upgrading to 1.12, and there > > > are general instructions for upgrade/repair. Please follow the former > > > since they > > > are specific to the case where the storage backend changed (as in > 1.12). > > > The > > > other generic instructions are also OK but your wiki will experience a > > > short > > > time during update when queries will return incomplete results. > > > > > > In general, the special instructions for some release are always to be > > > preferred over the generic "repair" instructions. The INSTALL in future > > > versions will clarify this better. > > > > > > * The initial file release used the old store as the default setting. > > > This is > > > fixed now (in all places where SMW1.2 is found). The only file that > > > changed is SMW_Settings.php [2]. If you upgraded/installed already, you > > > should update > > > that file (or just download again all files, if preferred) and follow > the > > > instructions for install/upgrade again. > > > > > > > > > It is good to see that SMW 1.12 now experiences much more testing than > > > the development version. If further problems occur, we will release a > > > proper follow-up SMW 1.12.1 to solve them. So please let us (or the > list) > > > know about > > > any troubles you encounter. > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the inconvenience, > > > > > > Markus > > > > > > [1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation > > > [2] > > > > > > > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/SemanticMedia > > >Wiki/includes/SMW_Settings.php > > > > > > On Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > > > > [Apologies for cross-posting] > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > we are happy to announce that Semantic MediaWiki 1.2 has just been > > > > > > released > > > > > > > (get it via [1] or [2]). A list of new features and upgrade > > > > instructions > > > > > > is > > > > > > > provided online [3]. Please be sure to read the upgrade instructions > > > > > > before > > > > > > > updating an existing wiki! > > > > > > > > The main new features, as announced earlier on this list, are: > > > > > > > > * New SMW storage backend (faster, better redirect support, OR in > > > > > > queries) > > > > > > > * vCard export for query results > > > > * Improved semantic query syntax and processing (#show, property > > > > chains) * Support for custom sortkeys > > > > * Stored queries on Concept: pages (aka "dynamic categories" aka OWL > > > > classes) * Automated updates (update wiki when proprerties or > templates > > > > changed) * Other: improved maintenance scripts, bugfixes, more > > > > > > translations > > > > > > > Important parts of the online documentation [4] have already been > > > > updated to the new version. The new documentation also includes an > > > > extended explanation of many query features, and separate pages for > the > > > > available query printers. > > > > > > > > > > > > Have fun, > > > > > > > > Markus > > > > > > > > [1] Download: > > > > > > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=147937 > > > > > > > [2] SVN tag: > > > > > > > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/extensions/SemanticMediaW > > >ik > > > > > > >i/REL_1_2 [3] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:SMW_1.2 > > > > [4] http://semantic-mediawiki.org > > > > > > -- > > > Markus Krötzsch > > > Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org > > > http://korrekt.org ma...@se... > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > > > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > > > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > > > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > > > Sem...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > > > > -- > Markus Krötzsch > Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org > http://korrekt.org ma...@se... > -- Sergey Chernyshev http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/ |