Yes, it does. The API gives you access to much of that wiki-structured markup, 
but you have to decide what to do with it. Naturally the online tool and much 
of the sample code doesn't do anything interesting.

-- Mike

On 27 Jun 2012, at 10:19 , David Lee wrote:

> Thanks,  I tried the online tool on a sample I have and it strips out much of 
> the meaningful stuff :( 
> 
> -----------  Input
> {{Infobox settlement
> <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of 
> usage-->
> <!-- Basic info  ---------------->
> |name          = Teichibe 
> |other_name             =
> |native_name            =  <!-- for cities whose native name is not in 
> English -->
> |nickname               = 
> |settlement_type        =Village
> |motto                  =
> <!-- images and maps  ----------->
> |image_skyline          = 
> |imagesize              = 
> |image_caption          = 
> |image_flag             = 
> |flag_size              =
> |image_seal             = 
> |seal_size              =
> |image_shield           = 
> |shield_size            =
> |image_map              = 
> |mapsize                = 
> |map_caption            = 
> |pushpin_map            =Mali<!-- the name of a location map as per 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
> |pushpin_label_position =bottom
> |pushpin_mapsize        =300
> |pushpin_map_caption    =Location in Mali
> <!-- Location ------------------>
> |coordinates_display    = inline,title
> |coordinates_region     = ML
> |subdivision_type       = Country
> |subdivision_name       = {{flag|Mali}}
> |subdivision_type1      = [[Regions of Mali|Region]]
> |subdivision_name1      = [[Kayes Region]]
> |subdivision_type2      =[[Cercles of Mali|Cercle]]
> |subdivision_name2      = [[Kayes Cercle]]
> |subdivision_type3      =[[Communes of Mali|Commune]]
> |subdivision_name3      = [[Karakoro]]
> |<!-- Politics ----------------->
> |government_footnotes   =
> |government_type        =
> |leader_title           =
> |leader_name            =
> |leader_title1          =  <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a 
> city manager -->
> |leader_name1           =
> |established_title      =  <!-- Settled -->
> |established_date       = 
> <!-- Area    --------------------->
> |area_magnitude         = 
> |unit_pref                =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial 
> (metric) is desired-->
> |area_footnotes           =
> |area_total_km2           =  <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements 
> are subject to automatic unit conversion-->
> |area_land_km2            = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement 
> for details on automatic unit conversion-->
> <!-- Population   ----------------------->
> |population_as_of               =
> |population_footnotes           =
> |population_note                =
> |population_total               =
> |population_density_km2         =
> |population_density_sq_mi       =
> |population_metro               =
> |population_density_metro_km2   =
> |population_density_metro_sq_mi =
> |population_blank1_title        =Ethnicities
> |population_blank1              =
> |population_density_blank1_km2 =   
> |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =
> <!-- General information  --------------->
> |timezone               =[[GMT]] 
> |utc_offset             = +0
> |timezone_DST           = 
> |utc_offset_DST         = 
> |latd=15|latm=16|lats=30 |latNS=N
> |longd=11|longm=42|longs=25|longEW=W
> |elevation_footnotes    =  <!--for references: use <ref> 
> </ref> tags-->
> |elevation_m            = 
> |elevation_ft           =
> <!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->
> |postal_code_type       =  <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, 
> Postal code... -->
> |postal_code            =
> |area_code              =
> |blank_name             =
> |blank_info             =
> |blank1_name            =
> |blank1_info            =
> |website                = 
> |footnotes              = 
> }} 
> 
> '''Teichibe''' is a village and principal settlement (''[[chef-lieu]]'') of 
> the [[Karakoro|commune of Karakoro]] in the [[Kayes Cercle|Cercle of Kayes]] 
> in the [[Kayes Region]] of south-western [[Mali]].<ref>{{citation | 
> title=Communes de la Région de Kayes | publisher= Ministère de 
> l'administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du 
> Mali | url=http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegKayes.pdf | language=French 
> }}.</ref>
> 
> 
> ==References==
> {{reflist}}
> 
> [[Category:Populated places in the Kayes Region]]
> 
> 
> {{Kayes-geo-stub}}
> 
> --------------  Output
> 
> <p>{{Infobox settlement
> &#60;!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions 
> of usage--&#62;
> &#60;!-- Basic info  ----------------&#62;}} </p>
> <p><b>Teichibe</b> is a village and principal settlement (<i><a 
> href="Chef-lieu" title="chef-lieu">chef-lieu</a></i>) of the <a 
> href="Karakoro" title="Karakoro">commune of Karakoro</a> in the <a 
> href="Kayes_Cercle" title="Kayes Cercle">Cercle of Kayes</a> in the <a 
> href="Kayes_Region" title="Kayes Region">Kayes Region</a> of south-western <a 
> href="Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>.&#60;ref&#62;{{citation}}.&#60;/ref&#62;</p>
> 
> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h2>
> <p>{{reflist}}</p>
> 
> <p>{{Kayes-geo-stub}}</p> 
> 
> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: general-boun...@developer.marklogic.com [mailto:general-
>> boun...@developer.marklogic.com] On Behalf Of Michael Blakeley
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:14 PM
>> To: MarkLogic Developer Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] Wikimedia parse
>> 
>> Not in XQuery: it would be much too ugly for my taste. I've used
>> http://code.google.com/p/gwtwiki/ and contributed a couple of patches.
>> Hsiao could show you some sample code with xhtml-like output.
>> 
>> If you need to use it from XQuery, I suppose you could wrap it in a web 
>> service.
>> 
>> -- Mike
>> 
>> On 27 Jun 2012, at 09:59 , David Lee wrote:
>> 
>>> Has anyone seen a XQuery or XSLT parser for WikiMedia (markup for
>> Wikipedia)
>>> 
>>> I found this list
>>> 
>>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Alternative_parsers
>>> 
>>> 
>>> What I'm looking for is a way to take the XML dump of Wikipedia and enrich
>> it to something more useful.  Right now all the body of an article is in
>> Wikimedia format and largely opaque to ML except as one long string.
>>> 
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