Hi all,
Semantic MediaWiki has just been released in version 0.7. This version should
support MediaWiki 1.9 and 1.10 (and probably 1.8), but installation for 1.10
should be particularly simple since no manual file patches are needed any
more.
Core new features include:
* New special pages for searching and browsing data, in particular
Special:Browse. These replace the old Special:SearchTriple (which still
exists as a stub for backwards compatibility).
* Informative listings of results on all pages in the namespaces Attribute,
Relation, and Type.
* Additional options for formatting results of inline queries, supporting
templates, transclusion of result pages, and counting of results.
* New datatype for enumerated string values.
* Maintenance script for updating the semantic database, e.g. after importing
text-only data.
* More languages.
* A large number of smaller fixes and improvements.
Upgrading from an existing SMW 0.6 should not be difficult. The main change
from prior versions is that the file SMW_LocalSettings.php is now obsolete
and the contents of LocalSettings.php is slightly changed accordingly (see
INSTALL). But the database layout is fully compatible to SMW 0.6 (in both
directions). You may still want to use Special:SMWAdmin to trigger some added
DB optimisations.
Some updates of the documentation are still needed to reflect the new
features. Completed translation files can still be submitted -- there might
be an SMW 0.7.1 to include them. If you find any problems, send a mail to
semediawiki-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net or file a bug at MediaZilla.
Last but not least, big thanks to all developers, translators, and users who
have contributed to the current release.
Have fun,
Markus
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Markus Krötzsch
Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, D-76128 Karlsruhe
mak(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de phone +49 (0)721 608 7362
www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/WBS/ fax +49 (0)721 693 717