2009/9/25 Platonides <platoni...@gmail.com>: > Those descriptions will have to be edited by the same user base that > edit all other pages. Even if they are power users, it's not easy to > write correct XML on the wiki textarea. We would need to create an > editor for the language being created so a template editor can be made. > Since the XML file describes the template, it need only be changed when the template is changed. Realistically, newbie editors don't edit templates; anyone skilled enough to edit templates can handle some simple XML.
> I advocate for a simpler syntax for form definition (but we shouldn't on > the way reinvent wikitext). > Exactly. XML is a decent choice here because it has a well-defined, pre-existing grammar with parsers already available, which means it's easy to parse and easy to learn (assuming you've got some shred of a technical background; see my earlier point about newbies not editing templates). Roan Kattouw (Catrope) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
