Links in values

This help page on links in values describes the possibility to add links using wikitext like e.g. [[...]] (internal links) or [...] (external links) or even an annotation [[Property::Property value]] within the property values added/annotated to datatype "Text"Holds text of arbitrary length with in-text annotations.

Important notes

• By default, it is impossible to do this, and the property value will not be added to the property. In must be enabled for the wiki with configuration parameter $smwgParserFeaturesSets the behaviour of features related to text and annotation parsing (SMW ≥ 3.0.0) or configuration parameter $smwgLinksInValuesNo description was provided. (SWM ≤ 2.5.8) respectively.
• When accessed the annotated values via browsing interfaces, e.g. special page "Browse"No description was provided. etc. the annotated links will not render as HTML.

Annotation examples

Data value containing an internal and external link

Syntax

[[Has text::This text contains an internal link to the [[Main Page]] of this wiki and an external link to the [https://sandbox.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page] of another wiki.]]

Result

[[Has text::This text contains an internal link to the Main Page of this wiki and an external link to the Main Page of another wiki.]]

→ Annotation as seen with special page "Browse"

Data value containing an annotation

This is only possible starting with Semantic MediaWiki 2.5.0Released on an unknown date unknown versions of MediaWiki.1

Syntax

[[Has text::This text contains an annotated internal link to the [[Has page::Main Page]] of this wiki.]]

Result

This text contains an annotated internal link to the [[Has page::Main PageProperty "Has text" (as page type) with input value "This text contains an annotated internal link to the [[Has page::Main Page" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process. of this wiki.]]

→ Annotation as seen with special page "Browse"

Data value containing a hidden annotation

This is only possible starting with Semantic MediaWiki 3.1.0Released on an unknown date unknown versions of MediaWiki.2

Syntax

[[Has text::This text contains an annotated internal link to the [[Has page::Main Page]] of this wiki.|]]

Result

This text contains an annotated internal link to the [[Has page::Main PageProperty "Has text" (as page type) with input value "This text contains an annotated internal link to the [[Has page::Main Page" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process. of this wiki.|]]

→ Annotation as seen with special page "Browse"

See also

• Help page on in-text annotation
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgParserFeaturesSets the behaviour of features related to text and annotation parsing (SMW ≥ 3.0.0) or configuration parameter $smwgLinksInValuesNo description was provided. (SWM ≤ 2.5.8)
• Demo page on links in values - Describes a pre Semantic MediaWiki 2.5.0 workaround using the parser function #set avoiding to enable links in values via configuration.

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