Extension:SemanticComments

Description

SemanticComments is an extension that displays & manages any number of comments and replies that are attached to any page in a wiki. This extension stores comments in semantic properties while also providing an alternative to TALK namespaces for each SUBJECT namespace in a wiki.

The SemanticComments extension was derived from the Project Halo Collaboration extension by Hypergrove.

Setup

To install SemanticComments, please follow the steps indicated below.

Download instructions

The latest release may be found .

Prerequisites

Semantic MediaWiki 1.8+

Copy Files

Extract the downloaded archive into folder $IP/extensions/SemanticComments/

LocalSettings.php

Add the following to LocalSettings.php:

include_once("$IP/extensions/SemanticComments/SemanticComments.php");

enableSemanticComments();

Import ontology

SemanticComments comes with a small ontology to provide functionality for displaying and querying existing comments and some icons. Go to Special:Import and upload /extensions/SemanticComments/import/SemanticComments.xml

Import graphics

To use the delivered icons you need to upload the following files in your wiki:

1. '/extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/bad_active.png'
2. '/extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/neutral_active.png'
3. '/extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/good_active.png'
4. '/extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/defaultuser.gif'
5. '/extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/Comment_icon_crystal.png'

Please be sure that you keep the original file names.

Options

All configuration options are defined in /SemanticComments/SemanticComments.php.

To reformat the style of existing comments or of the comment form, use the Cascading Style Sheet in the '/skins' directory.

Testing your installation

Now you can enter

{{#set: |Article has average rating={{#averagerating:}} }} {{#showcommentform:}}

{{#ask: Belongs to article::Extension:SemanticComments

 | ?Has comment person
 | ?Has comment date
 | ?Has comment text
 | ?Has comment rating
 | ?Belongs to comment
 | ?Comment was deleted#true,false
 | ?Has comment editor
 | ?Modification date
 | ?Has attached article
 | format=template
 | template=CommentResult
 | sort=Has comment date
 | order=asc
 | link=none
 | limit=100

}}

to any article where you want to get a

list of all 'related comments' and a form that allows you to enter new comments.

From the list of Special pages, go to page “Special:SemanticComments”.

Languages supported

SemanticComments has support for three languages so far:

• English
• German
• French

Extension Wishlist

• Store all comments and their replies in subobjects on a single page in the Comment namespace.