Yaron Koren has submitted this change and it was merged. Change subject: Various changes to the README file ......................................................................
Various changes to the README file Change-Id: If6ef824769cf5dab556d8be713fb2dbb641eb21e --- M README 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) Approvals: Yaron Koren: Checked; Looks good to me, approved jenkins-bot: Verified diff --git a/README b/README index 8c38dc3..976379d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ == Overview == External Data is an extension to MediaWiki that allows for retrieving data -from various sources: external URLs and local wiki pages (in CSV, GFF, JSON -and XML formats), database tables, and LDAP servers. +from various sources: external URLs, local wiki pages and files on the +server (all in CSV, GFF, JSON and XML formats), plus database tables and +LDAP servers. The extension defines the following parser functions: #get_web_data, #get_soap_data, #get_file_data, #get_db_data, #get_ldap_data, @@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ * #get_soap_data retrieves data from a URL via SOAP. -* #get_file_data retrieves data from a local file, that can be in any of +* #get_file_data retrieves data from a local file, which can be in any of the same formats that #get_web_data handles. * #get_db_data retrieves data from a database, using (in most cases) @@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ * #clear_external_data erases the current set of retrieved data. -In addition, the extension defines a new special page, 'GetData', that +In addition, the extension defines a new special page, 'GetData', which exports selected rows from a wiki page that holds CSV data, in a format that is readable by #get_web_data. @@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ == Requirements == -This version of the External Data extension requires MediaWiki 1.17 or higher. +This version of the External Data extension requires MediaWiki 1.17 or +higher. == Installation == @@ -97,15 +99,9 @@ == Contact == Most comments, questions, suggestions and bug reports should be sent to -the Semantic MediaWiki mailing list: +the main MediaWiki mailing list: - https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user - -Although the External Data extension in general is independent of Semantic -MediaWiki, the fact that it uses Semantic Internal Objects for one of its -functions, along with the fact that the two extensions are often used -together, means that it can be considered part of the Semantic MediaWiki -family for communication purposes. + https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l If possible, please add "[ED]" at the beginning of the subject line, to clarify the subject matter. -- To view, visit https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/294308 To unsubscribe, visit https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/settings Gerrit-MessageType: merged Gerrit-Change-Id: If6ef824769cf5dab556d8be713fb2dbb641eb21e Gerrit-PatchSet: 1 Gerrit-Project: mediawiki/extensions/ExternalData Gerrit-Branch: master Gerrit-Owner: Yaron Koren <[email protected]> Gerrit-Reviewer: Yaron Koren <[email protected]> Gerrit-Reviewer: jenkins-bot <> _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-commits mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-commits
