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 | None | 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.
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