Hello everyone, we are happy to announce the immediate availability of the Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0 release: [0]. It is an epic release bringing a lot of new features and improvements as well as bug fixes.
## Version highlights – Rework of the list formats as well as the template format which is now called plainlist and used by default – Several user interface changes to make them more intuitive and mobile-friendly: = Special page "Ask". It also comes with an input assistance on input fields, a comprehensive input help (cheat sheets) and a compact view = Special page "Browse". It also allows for the grouping of properties = Special page "Types". The overview also includes brief datatype descriptions = Special page "SemanticMediaWiki". Additionally many feature pages are provided including a tabbed view and many additional feature pages = Property and Concept pages including a tabbed view – Integration in special page "Search" was extended including an input assistance on fields and the option of adaptable search profiles – Local-specific (ICU) sorting and collation is now possible for pages as well as values of datatype "Page" – Query syntax was extended in many ways by: = query markers (@deferred, @control, @annotation) = query conditions (+depth, in:, phrase:) = query printouts (+width=) – Possibility to restrict query execution of expensive inline queries whereas you may define what expensive means in your setup – The table format was enhanced by datatable classes – New create protection feature as part of the authority mode – New namespace "smw/schema" allowing to define schemas for several purposes including search profiles for special page "Search" – New API modules "smwbrowse" and "smwtask" were added and further API module improvements were made – ElasticStore introduced as an still experimental alternative backend – Several general performance improvements – New datatype "Keyword" See the release notes [1] for these changes and for much more information on the many features, enhancements, changes and fixes this release additionally brings to you. We recommend to allow some time to explore everything about this new release. Note that the documention on the Semantic MediaWiki is still work in progress. However all changes documented in the release notes are referenced to the respective pull requests which already contain consise information about the accompanying changes. ## Compatibility changes Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0 dropped support for PHP 5.5 and lower as well as MediaWiki 1.26 and lower. See also the compatibility notes [2] for detailed information. ## Installing and upgrading After backing up your database just update the version in your "composer.local.json" file to "~3.0" and run "composer update --no-dev". Remember to also update your database afterwards by running "update.php" due to schema changes and new database tables. This is followed by rebuilding the stored data by running "rebuildData.php". Note that running the schema update may take quite some time as well as rebuilding the stored data. If you would like to install Semantic MediaWiki you can follow the installation instructions: [3]. ## Contributors At this point we would like to thank all people involved for their incredible work making this release possible: James Hong Kong, translatewiki.net and the translator community, Karsten Hoffmeyer, Jeroen De Dauw, Stephan Gambke, Kumioko, Iván, Zoran Dori, James Montalvo, Máté Szabó, Jaider Andrade Ferreira, Josef Konrad, TK-999, Amir E. Aharoni, C. Scott Ananian, Kunal Mehta, Peter Grassberger, Prateek Saxena, Stephan, Thiemo Kreuz, Timo Tijhof, Toni Hermoso Pulido, ka7, matthew-a-thompson, salle, غلامحسین حق دوست. We also encourage your continued participation: [4]. A big thank you to all of you for using Semantic MediaWiki. We wish you a pleasant time and a lot of success doing so. - The SMW development team [0] https://bit.ly/smw-300-tg [1] https://bit.ly/smw-300-rn [2] https://bit.ly/smw-300-c [3] https://bit.ly/smw-300-i [4] https://bit.ly/smw-300-p _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
