Wikispooks:Semantic Objects

Underpinning WikiSpooks' use of Semantic Mediawiki is a set of objects. None of these are complete as yet. The plan is to create templates first, then forms.

Objects On WikiSpooks

All new pages in the main: namespace should have exactly one object template.
The table below lists the possible templates:

Object	SMW Template	Infobox Template	Form	Notes
Concept	Template:Concept	None	Form:Concept	The least complete object so far. This is a catch all, so if no other template seems to fit, use this one.
Document	Template:Document	None	Form:Document	The most complete object so far, although the template has evolved and still contains some legacy code.
Event	Template:Event	Template:Infobox event	Form:Event	Type= { War, Bombing, Meeting, Scandal, Death }
Group	Template:Group	Template:Infobox organization	Form:Group	Types= { Nation State, Secret Society, Think Tank, Foundations, Lobby, Corporation, NGO }
Operation	Template:Operation	Template:Infobox operational plan	Form:Operation	Maybe draw on Category:Social_Control for different types
Person	Template:Person	Template:Infobox person	Form:Person	Types= { ? }
Place	Template:Place	Template:Infobox settlement	Form:Place	Buildings up to provinces
Property	Template:Property	None	Form:Property	Types= { Special, Display, Data }
Website	Template:Website	Template:Infobox website	Form:Website	Types= { ? }

Object Templates

Most object templates share a common structure. Custom Wikispooks template code silently sets the Semantic Properties (eventually, almost all parameters will have a corresponding property) and then calls an infobox template from Wikipedia to display the information. These are lightly customised, e.g. to add a few extra parameters, such as |wikipedia.

Subobjects

In the longer term, a wider choice of objects might be beneficial. To do this, rather than code objects from scratch, most new objects will probably be derived as 'sub-objects' from another object types according to the 'type' parameter. These could then have 'type' parameters of their own, allowing sub-sub-objects etc. where needed. For this reason, use of the |type parameter is strongly recommended.

See Also

• Category:Object Templates
• The talk page for discussion/suggestion of other objects.

Semantic Mediawiki

Semantic Objects Semantic Templates SMW Best Practice Semantic Properties Semantic Forms SMW Known Issues