Thanks Yaron! That may work but it means that I'll have to add N categories for each hierarchical library with N items in it. What do you think about subobjects? I don't know if I can bind together two subobjects with a property... can I? ----- Yury Katkov, WikiVote
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Yaron Koren <ya...@wikiworks.com> wrote: > Hi, > > You can do that in Semantic Forms already with the "category" and > "categories" input types. Those require the CategoryTree extension to be > installed, and they only work with categories. However, you can create a set > of categories just for the sake of creating an SF input - the template > doesn't need to add the page to the category selected; it can treat the > selected value as just a normal property value. That would be a hack, but > then again, categories are a very convenient way of defining hierarchies > within MediaWiki. > > If there were going to be an SMW-based way of defining hierarchy, though, I > would think that, yes, it would require creating a separate page for each > item. It may seem like overkill, but I can't think of another way to do it. > > -Yaron > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Yury Katkov <katkov.ju...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi ! >> >> We're trying to create a form input for semantic forms that will allow >> users to pick the value of a field from the hierarchy (tree). For >> example we have hierarchical list of employee key competences that are >> structured like this: >> >> 1. Withstand the negative health effects >> 1.1. Withstand the negative weather effects >> 1.1.1 Withstand the wind >> 1.1.2. Withstand the fire >> 1.2. Withstand the negative psychological atmosphere >> 1.2.1. >> 1.2.2 >> >> ... and so on. >> >> We want to support such hierarchies and now are searching for a >> flexible way for that. We want such hierarchies to be input from the >> Semantic Forms and to be collapsible lists in the 'filtered' format. >> Of course, our desire is that these objects be native to SMW, but it >> seems unnecessary to to generate one page per hierarchy item >> >> Any ideas on how to better represent such trees in SMW? >> >> Cheers, >> Yury Katkov, WikiVote >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery >> and much more. Keep your Java skills current with LearnJavaNow - >> 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Java experts. >> SALE $49.99 this month only -- learn more at: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122612 >> _______________________________________________ >> Semediawiki-devel mailing list >> Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > > > > > -- > WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery and much more. Keep your Java skills current with LearnJavaNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Java experts. SALE $49.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122612 _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
