[Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki as coroparate knowledge database - questions :)

Fri Aug 18 17:25:42 UTC 2006

hi everyone, 
I`m currently setting up a wiki based on mediawiki to be used as it-knowledge 
base and qm-system for technicians and endusers.

Skin change and optimization (like changing order of all sidebar elements), 
disabling anonymous edit/registration and such went smooth.

But right now, I`m hitting some serious roadblocks, and unable to digg out 
answers on the web, i`m asking here for help. 

#1: different types of documents
There a several kinds of documents: specifications, install- and usage guides, 
projekt plans, checklists and such. 
Q: Is there a way to have a template per doctype? 

#2: Own tags and influence on the search capabilities?
If i decide to use a 'homegrown' tag-scheme to markup different document types 
(e.g. an extension that makes docbook - markup usable inside wiki-code), how 
does this influence the search?
Is the <something> </somthing>- tag ignored but the content inside the tag 
still made aviable to fulltext search? 

#3:View/Search permissions by category?
Q:If i want to seperate techie and user information - would having seperate 
namespaces for both and a common one (for general information concerning 
both) solve that problem? 
If an user starts a search it should only search the 'user' and 'common' 
namespace, not the 'techie' one. 

#4: Templates
Q: I`ve found very few templates/template examples for use in corporate wikis 
- and zero information about 'default' templates already builtin in 
mediawiki. 
Perhaps i`ve been looking in the wrong places - any hints to template 
examples/copy-pastable sets would be VERY great. 

I have a LOT more questions, but I`m trying to fight them down on my own :)
If i get this project done, I`m planing to put a 'using mediawiki in a 
corporate environment guide' online :)

Many thanks,
dwe