Dear SMW community, I know that my original question this summer (see below) was slightly off-topic, but as SMW is used for making data available, I think this question deserves (at least a theoretical) discussion:
SMW is in many instances used on protected wikis (e. g. in organisations). Even in protected wikis, the admins might want to make data available to persons outside of the wiki. Let's take the simplest use case: a RSS-feed on news items of a protected wiki should be made available in some person's e-mail-application. Simple username/password-mechanisms are not supported by the Special:Ask page that produces the RSS output format. Which authentication mechanisms can be thought of/could be implemented to enable something like this?? regards, Bernhard ----- Ursprüngliche Mail ----- > I think that the username@passwort-thing is something that does not > work at all in MediaWiki, because it uses other mechanisms. > > However, I think that for SMW getting data out of a protected SMW is > a very important aspect. Maybe something like a token based thing > can be implemented? > > E.g. a call to an RSS-feed includes a public key (like Google > Analytics uses one) and in the settings of the wiki, valid private > keys are defined that bypass the login-mechanisms when a > corresponding public key is used? > > Any thoughts on this from the SMW developers? > > regards, > Bernhard > > ----- Ursprüngliche Mail ----- > > Heiya, > > > > I have not tried this since I do not have a password protected wiki > > so > > far. Still I am thinking of switching > > to one. Thus it would be cool if this result format works in this > > environment too. Perhaps the best idea would > > be to get SRF to drop username:password@ during export. However, I > > do > > not know if something like this is > > possible or if this actually does the trick. > > > > Cheers [[kgh]] > > > > > > Am 18.07.2011 13:24, schrieb Krabina Bernhard: > > > Hi, > > > > > > did anyone have success in using the icalandar export format of a > > > password protected SMW in another program? > > > > > > I failed in Google calendar as well as zimbra with URLs like > > > > > > http://username:passw...@wikiurl.com/Special:Search.... > > > > > > It works in non-protected SMWs, though. Any ideas on how to do > > > it? > > > > > > regards, > > > Bernhard > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by > > > Eric > > > Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean > > > Startup > > > Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your > > > ideas, > > > optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Semediawiki-user mailing list > > > semediawiki-u...@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 5 Ways to Improve & Secure Unified Communications > Unified Communications promises greater efficiencies for business. UC > can > improve internal communications as well as offer faster, more > efficient ways > to interact with customers and streamline customer service. Learn > more! > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426253/ > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > semediawiki-u...@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
