Re: [SMW-devel] Please join us! - OntologySummit Content Hack - Sat 2013.04.06

2013-04-04 Thread Peter Yim
Re: http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Hackathon_Clinics_SemanticContentHack = REMINDER = What: Hackathon Project (HC-04): OntologySummit2013 Content Hack: leveraging semantics on OntologPSMW (Ontolog's purple semantic mediawiki) When: This Saturday 6-Apr-2013 - All Day (virtual) - starting with a ~1.

Re: [SMW-devel] [Semediawiki-user] Wikitech-l discussion / Is SMW a "bloated piece of software" ?

2013-04-04 Thread Yaron Koren
I've been following the discussion over there, though I haven't gotten involved (though it seems to have died down by now). A lot of the resistance to SMW is part of a longstanding dislike, or at least lack of understanding, of SMW among core MediaWiki developers; though as Niklas points out, it do

Re: [SMW-devel] Wikitech-l discussion / Is SMW a "bloated piece of software" ?

2013-04-04 Thread trueskew
Our organization has been running a twiki (now foswiki) intranet for years, and it's full of information that can't be found easily. That's not completely the fault foswiki, it certainly includes mechanisms for classifying things. But users don't use those mechanisms, and when they do, it's not d

Re: [SMW-devel] Wikitech-l discussion / Is SMW a "bloated piece of software" ?

2013-04-04 Thread Dan Bolser
On 4 April 2013 16:12, James HK wrote: > Hi, > > Most user on this list are probably not aware of the current > discussion that takes place on Wikitech-l [1] about "How SMW might > help mw.org/wikitech.org" but what caused a moment of silence was the > following comment. > > "I don't support movin

Re: [SMW-devel] [Semediawiki-user] Wikitech-l discussion / Is SMW a "bloated piece of software" ?

2013-04-04 Thread Kristian Stauffer
Hi, I partly agree what is discussed there. Currently when adding properties to pages in order to include semantic annotiations is really hard for normal users in general, SMW+ tried to counterattack this, but really did not achieve it in normal user point of view. I have implemented several SMW:

Re: [SMW-devel] Wikitech-l discussion / Is SMW a "bloated piece of software" ?

2013-04-04 Thread Niklas Laxström
On 4 April 2013 18:12, James HK wrote: > "I don't support moving to Semantic MediaWiki, which to me as user > seems like a somewhat arcane and bloated piece of software that will > require me and lots of people to relearn how we write documentation > and project tracking" [2] > > I'm interest to h

Re: [SMW-devel] Wikitech-l discussion / Is SMW a "bloated piece of software" ?

2013-04-04 Thread Ryan Glasnapp
Hi, I wouldn't say "bloated" but I'd definitely agree with the "re-learn how we write", or at least I have had to. >From what I've experienced SMW seems to be focused more around nouns and >specific objects. I use SMW to help manage technical documentation that >focuses mostly only actions and

[SMW-devel] Wikitech-l discussion / Is SMW a "bloated piece of software" ?

2013-04-04 Thread James HK
Hi, Most user on this list are probably not aware of the current discussion that takes place on Wikitech-l [1] about "How SMW might help mw.org/wikitech.org" but what caused a moment of silence was the following comment. "I don't support moving to Semantic MediaWiki, which to me as user seems lik