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The '''"How to get started with Semantic MediaWiki"''' tutorial should not take longer than 30 minutes. For a more in-depth introduction, see the help page which provides an [[Help:Introduction to Semantic MediaWiki|introduction on Semantic MediaWiki]].
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== Getting Semantic MediaWiki ==
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This installation should not take longer than five minutes. For a detailed description, see the [[Help:Installation|installation guide]].
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== Working with annotations ==
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This "Getting started" page aims to provide an easy to follow introduction on how to install and work with Semantic MediaWiki (aka SMW) for users unfamiliar with this MediaWiki extension.
After the installation and without setting specific custom [[configuration]]s (using the default configuration deployed with the installation) the following images explain how to make [[annotation]]s that will establish connections between content within your wiki.
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* [[Help:Getting started/Part 0 (Download and install)|Part 0 (Download and install)]]
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* [[Help:Getting started/Part 1 (Working with annotations)|Part 1 (Working with annotations)]]
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* [[Help:Getting started/Part 2 (Working with templates to add annotations)|Part 2 (Working with templates to add annotations)]]
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* [[Help:Getting started/Part 3 (Working with queries)|Part 3 (Working with queries)]]
  
For further help, see the help pages on [[Help:Editing|editing]], [[Help:Properties and types|properties and types]] as well as on special page [[Help:Special:Browse|"Browse"]].
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For a more in-depth description about what SMW can do and where it can help, please read the following [[Help:Introduction to Semantic MediaWiki|introductory]] text. If you are unsure about terms like [[Property]], [[Subject]], or [[RDF]] when reading material related to SMW then the following may help:
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* [[Help:Getting started/Part 4 (Understanding the Graph Data Model)|Part 4 (Understanding the Graph Data Model)]]
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* [[Help:Category vs. property|Part 5 (Understanding the difference between a category and a property)]]
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* [[Help:Property naming|Part 6 (Property naming)]]
  
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Additional tutorial examples include (which may require additional extensions):
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* [[Help:Getting started/Using geographic coordinates|Part X.1 Using geographic coordinates]]  
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* [[Help:Getting started/Using mathematical operations|Part X.2 Using mathematical operations]]
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== Working with templates to add annotations ==
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== Examples ==
A short demonstration on how to use [[mws:Help:Templates|MediaWiki templates]] and [[properties]] to ease the annotation process. It should not take longer than 10 minutes to apply necessary changes. See also the help page on [[Help:Semantic templates|semantic templates]].
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* TODO
  
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== "Starter kit" ==
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If you want to start quickly and run some tests without having to declare all properties by yourself then we suggest you [[Special:Import|import]] the following [https://gist.github.com/mwjames/2f83d3d775cbcc42b4ed XML] into your wiki. After the import you should be able to use properties like [[Property:Has wattage]] (see [https://gist.github.com/mwjames/2f83d3d775cbcc42b4ed#file-smw-sandbox-import-xml-L785-L805 property list]) with content pages such as [[Berlin]].
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== Working with queries ==
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== Step-by-step-tutorial ==
The final step in the tutorial is to add queries to display requested information about a subject. It should not take longer than five minutes to apply the changes. See also the help pages on [[Help:Selecting pages|selecting pages]] and on [[Help:Semantic search|semantic search]].
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* [[SMWCon Fall 2017/Introduction_to_Semantic_MediaWiki|Introduction to Semantic MediaWiki]] - Shows how to create properties, annotations and queries around an example.
  
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== See also ==
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* '''[[Help:User manual|User manual]]'''
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* [[Help:Maintenance]] summarizes maintenance tasks required by a Semantic MediaWiki instance
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* [[Sandbox tests|Try out SMW online]]
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Latest revision as of 02:15, 7 January 2018

Getting started
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This "Getting started" page aims to provide an easy to follow introduction on how to install and work with Semantic MediaWiki (aka SMW) for users unfamiliar with this MediaWiki extension.

For a more in-depth description about what SMW can do and where it can help, please read the following introductory text. If you are unsure about terms like Property, Subject, or RDF when reading material related to SMW then the following may help:

Additional tutorial examples include (which may require additional extensions):

Examples[edit]

  • TODO

"Starter kit"[edit]

If you want to start quickly and run some tests without having to declare all properties by yourself then we suggest you import the following XML into your wiki. After the import you should be able to use properties like Property:Has wattage (see property list) with content pages such as Berlin.

Step-by-step-tutorial[edit]

See also[edit]