Re: [Libreplanet-dev] Semantic Mediawiki example

[Peter]

Apologies Holmes,

My mailer missed this email, I found it in the archives

Date:    Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:01:42 -0400
> Hi Peter,
> 
>  Do you think you'd have enough of a handle on this to propose a draft 
definition (if that's what it's called)? We could then try using it for a few 
groups, and unearth weaknesses in definition as we go.
> 

That is a great idea. I have been using my own website for development and 
would welcome testing in real situations. I initially setup the LibrePlanet 
group for this, but any group(s) will do.

>  
> -Holmes
> 
> >  On 9/17/09 4:01 AM, Peter wrote: 
> > > On Wednesday 16 September 2009 21:26, John Sullivan wrote: 
> > > > Holmes Wilson<address@hidden> writes: 
> > > > You mean in that each group is a filled-in template of structured
> > > > info?  
> > > > 
> > > Yes, but specifically a Semantic MediaWiki template, which provides more
> > > features than usual MediaWiki templates -- for example, the information
> > > in the templates is available in a standard, machine-readable format
> > > (RDF), and also each field in the template has a type, so things like
> > > geographic coordinates can be handled easily.
> > > 
> > 
> >  From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework, setting 
> > up a
> > rdf wiki is a non-trivial task, since the knowledge base has to be
> > well-defined and the type, property, template, and form namespaces need to
> > be 
> > powerful enough to express statements in that knowledge domain.
> > 
> >  
> > At least I agree with John LibrePlanet should look like freeculture.org,
> > the 
> > question is how to move it in that direction?
> > 
> >  
> > Regards,
> > 
> >  
> > Peter
> > 
>  

btw, I have partially solved the registration problem, in that you can now 
register with groups and projects using standard forms. It is unfortunately 
trivial to circumvent, but does offer proof of correctness.

Regards,

Peter