Extension:Semantic Sifter
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 Release status: unmaintained |
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| Implementation | Parser function |
| Description | Allows to easily query a category and filter results by its properties |
| Author(s) | Kim Eik (netbraintalk) |
| Latest version | 0.2.0 (2017-08-03) |
| MediaWiki | 1.23+ |
| PHP | 5.3+ |
| Database changes | No |
| Composer | mediawiki/semantic-sifter |
| License | GNU General Public License 3.0 |
| Download | use composer |
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The Semantic Sifter extension queries a set of pages and displays the result in a filterable view.
Installation
[edit]Install using Composer (mediawiki/semantic-sifter)
Parameters
[edit]filterwidth - set's the filter input boxes width. default 20% display - controls what output components to show, both (default), filter or result.
Property specific parameters
[edit]values - a comma separated list of values to show in the filter input as autocomplete suggestions.
#sift usage
[edit]The sift parser function very similar to the SMW #ask parser function.
{{#sift: <query>
| <parameters>
| !<filterable smw property>[=display name][;values=value1,value2,...]
| ?<smw property>[=display name][;values=value1,value2,...]
}}
Example
[edit]{{#sift: [[Category:Cars]]
|!CarModel=Model
|?CarModel=Model
|?CarYear=Year
|display=both
|filterwidth=20%
|format=broadtable
}}
#siftlink usage
[edit]The siftlink makes it possible to make links to pages containing a #sift parser function and set's filtering values.
{{#siftlink:<title>
|<filter>[;<filter>]
|<link text>
}}
Example
[edit]{{#siftlink:PageContainingSift
|Property::Value;Property2::Value2
|This link will add a Value constraint on Property and Value2 constraint on Property2
}}
Known bugs
[edit]- Property names are case sensitive, if the property name is cased incorrectly, the filtering component will not function properly.
See also
[edit]- Extension:Semantic Result Formats (filtered format)