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| <blockquote>This hands-on session for non technical users emphasizes the "need to know" aspects of Web publishing, wikis, information design and Semantic Mediawiki.</blockquote>
| | {{SH_Triple|Sook Yin Lee|Aspects|Asian Origin}} |
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| = Acronyms =
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| * SMW = Semantic Mediawiki
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| * MW = Mediawiki
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| * CC = Creative Commons
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| = Web publishing =
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| == Access models ==
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| * Fully open
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| * Require login
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| * Require created accounts to edit (closed editing)
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| * Require created accounts to access (fully private)
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| Access models can be changed over time.
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| == Accessibility ==
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| ''Here, accessibility refers to supporting people with vision, motor control or cognitive difficulties.''
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| * Making sites accessible generally increases usability
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| ** [http://asyourworldchanges.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/using-the-curb-cuts-principle-to-reboot-computing/ The curb cuts principle]
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| * Mediawiki is accessible, SMW has issues (forms)
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| * Value content over appearance
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| * Good tags for images
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| [[File:Copright continuum.jpg|right|500px]]
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| == Terms of use ==
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| * Creative Commons - share with options for attribution, non-commercial, changes
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| ** [http://creativecommons.org/choose/?jurisdiction=ca Choose your license]
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| * Traditional copyright - by permission only
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| * Re-using content
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| ** [http://search.creativecommons.org/ Find CC media]
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| = Using Mediawiki =
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| [[File:MediaWiki_logo_without_tagline.png|right]]
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| ''Mediawiki is the underlying software of Wikipedia. It is robust, supported by a large community and supports hundreds of useful extensions.''
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| == Creating pages ==
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| * How to name pages
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| ** One topic per page
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| * Short, avoid special symbols, sentence form
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| * Code and matching brackets
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| * Basic markup
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| ** <nowiki>[[Mypage]]</nowiki> — A wiki link
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| *** <nowiki>[[File:Mypicture.png]]</nowiki> — Media (inline or link)
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| ** <nowiki>[http://theirsite.com]</nowiki> — A non-wiki link. Use a space after the link to use your own link text. [http://theirsite.com Their site].
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| ** <nowiki>{{My Template}}</nowiki> — A template (reusable content, function or variable)
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| ** <nowiki>{{{}}}</nowiki> — SMW variable
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| ** <nowiki>''Italic'', '''Bold'''</nowiki>
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| ** <nowiki>* heading level one</nowiki>
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| *** <nowiki>** heading level two</nowiki>
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| **** ...
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| ** <nowiki>= Heading one</nowiki>
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| *** <nowiki>== Heading two</nowiki>
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| **** ...
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| * Proactive linking
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| ** Brainstorm using links
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| * Categories
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| ** Subcategories
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| * Uploading images and files
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| * Moving pages
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| * Deleting pages
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| * Templates - used for consistently reused content
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| === Making pages look good ===
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| ''CSS is the style system of Web pages and can also be used in Mediawiki. Like wiki markup, learning can be progressive.''
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| [http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Main_Page Placeography] | [http://genozymes-ge3ls.ca/wiki/Bioenergy Biofuel Visions]
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| * Re-using CSS styling <nowiki><div style="background: orange">Hello world</div></nowiki>
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| ** Avoid losing meaning (don't use <nowiki><big></nowiki> for headers), keep it simple
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| * Re-using styles [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]
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| * Hiding MW's menus and changing the 'skin'
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| = Semantic Mediawiki =
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| [[File:SMW_logo_180px.png|right]]
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| ''SMW is an extension ecology of MW that allows marking up content for re-use and create easier to use forms and views.''
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| * Meaning through annotations and relationships
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| ** Triples
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| * What properties does your content need to be useful?
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| == Inline property annotation ==
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| ''Single instances of data can be marked-up using annotations.''
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| <nowiki>[[Date::Jan 1, 2011]]</nowiki>
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| * [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Properties_and_types#List_of_data_types Built-in types]
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| * Geographic coordinate
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| * [[Special:Properties|Viewing all properties]]
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| * Subtypes
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| * [[Special:Ask|Queries]]
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| == Classes ==
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| * [[Special:CreateClass|Creating a class]] (template, properties, forms)
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| ** One topic per page
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| ** Formlink <nowiki>{{#formlink:Comment|comment||Comment[Topic]={{PAGENAME}}}}</formlink></nowiki>
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| == Views ==
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| == Basic inference==
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| = Converting content or sites =
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| * [http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/ Pandoc]
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| * Convertors for [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Convert2MediaWiki Open Office], [http://wikieducator.org/Microsoft_Launches_Open_Source_Filter_for_Mediawiki Microsoft Word]
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| = Hosting =
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| * Export a site, modularize by category
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| ** Complete site export
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| * [[Special:Version]]
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| * Free light/startup hosting
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| * Inexpensive Mediawiki with SMW option
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| * Wikia
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| * Self-hosting
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| = Getting help =
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| [[Category:SemWeb]]
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