mediawiki/semantic-external-query-lookup

A Semantic Mediawiki extension to seamlessly integrate query results from an external query source.

Semantic External Query Lookup

, _(*1)

Semantic External Query Lookup (a.k.a. SEQL) is a Semantic Mediawiki extension to seamlessly integrate query results from an external query source to a local repository or wiki., _(*2)

The following video demonstrates the features of this extension., _(*3)

Requirements

• PHP 5.3.2 or later
• MediaWiki 1.28 or later
• Semantic MediaWiki 3.0 or later

Installation

The recommended way to install Semantic External Query Lookup is by using Composer with:, _(*4)

{
    "require": {
        "mediawiki/semantic-external-query-lookup": "~1.0"
    }
}

1. From your MediaWiki installation directory, execute composer require mediawiki/semantic-external-query-lookup:~1.0
2. Add wfLoadExtension('SemenaticExternalQueryLookup'); to the bottom of LocalSettings.php
3. Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki and verify that the package have been successfully installed.

Usage

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{{#ask:[[Modification date::+]][[~CR*]]
 |?#-
 |?Modification date
 |format=broadtable
 |source=mw-core
 |link=all
 |headers=show
}}

The #ask/#show query only requires to add a source parameter (assuming that a query source has been registered and enabled) to retrieve query results from a selected external endpoint. Special:Ask will provide a selection box to list enabled query sources., _(*6)

Information about required settings can be found here., _(*7)

Contribution and support

If you want to contribute work to the project please subscribe to the developers mailing list and have a look at the contribution guideline., _(*8)

• File an issue
• Submit a pull request
• Ask a question on the mailing list
• Ask a question on the #semantic-mediawiki IRC channel on Libera.

Tests

This extension provides unit and integration tests that are run by a continues integration platform but can also be executed using composer phpunit from the extension base directory., _(*9)

License

GNU General Public License, version 2 or later., _(*10)