Extension:SemanticComments

MediaWiki extensions manual

SemanticComments Release status: beta
Implementation	MyWiki , Special page , Ajax
Description	This extension manages comments for a page, using a custom Comment namespace.
Author(s)	Benjamin Langguth & others
Latest version	1.0 (February 1, 2013)
MediaWiki	1.19+
PHP	5.3+
Database changes	No
Licence	GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2, June 1991
Download	see below
Example	www.bestpracticeswiki.net

SemanticComments is an extension that displays & manages comments and replies that are attached to any page in a wiki. This extension stores comments in semantic properties attached to pages in the "Comment" namespace which are queried by a special page.

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

Setup

To install SemanticComments, please follow the steps indicated below.

Download instructions

The latest release may be found at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/mediawiki/extensions/SemanticComments.

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.

Usage

Enter {{ShowComments|show=True}} 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

SemanticComments has support for three languages so far:

• English
• German
• French

Wishlist

• Store all comments and their replies in subobjects on a single page in the Comment namespace instead of a page per comment.
• Provide date ascending and descending sort options