Extension:Semantic Structured Discussions

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File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg Semantic Structured Discussions Release status: stable
Implementation	Data extraction
Description	Adds semantic annotations to Structured Discussions topics
Author(s)	Marijn van Wezel (Wikibase Solutions)
Latest version	1.7.1 (2023-02-27)
MediaWiki	1.35+
PHP	7.4+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitHub: <translate> project page</translate> <translate> git repository URL</translate> [<translate> help</translate> ] <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> Note:</translate> <translate> No [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation resources</tvar>|localisation]] updates are provided by <tvar name=twn>translatewiki.net </tvar>.</translate>
Hooks used APIFlowAfterExecute SMW::Property::initProperties Property::initProperties extensions SMW::Store::BeforeDataUpdateComplete Store::BeforeDataUpdateComplete extensions
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The Semantic Structured Discussions extension adds semantic annotations to Structured Discussions topics that can be queried through Semantic MediaWiki.

Usage

The annotations are processed in the background, whenever a new topic is created or an existing topic is updated. The following properties are available:

• Topic creator: The creator of the topic;
• Topic modification date: The date at which the topic was last modified;
• Topic owner: The subject page to which this topic is belongs (for example "Main Page" for "Talk:Main Page");
• Topic owner namespace: The namespace ID of the Topic owner page;
• Topic title: The title of the topic;
• Topic summary: The summary of the topic (only available if the topic is summarized);
• Topic is locked: Whether the topic is locked.

Any replies to a topic are added as subobjects. These subobjects have the following properties:

• Reply content: The content of the reply;
• Reply creator: The creator of the reply;
• Reply modification date: The date at which the reply was last modified.
• Reply owner: The subject page to which the topic of this reply belongs (for example "Main Page" for a reply on "Talk:Main Page");
• Reply owner namespace: The namespace ID of the Reply owner page.

Installation

This extension requires Semantic MediaWiki and Structured Discussions to be installed and enabled.

• <translate> <tvar name=1>Download</tvar> and place the file(s) in a directory called <tvar name=name>SemanticStructuredDiscussions</tvar> in your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> folder.</translate>
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'SemanticStructuredDiscussions' );
  // 2600 is the namespace ID of the 'Topic' namespace; using NS_TOPIC is not possible here, since it has not been declared yet
  $smwgNamespacesWithSemanticLinks[2600] = true;
  

• Run the "rebuildData.php" maintenance script to initialize the properties for existing Structured Discussions topics.
• File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>