On Aug 13, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Stephen Eaton wrote: > Thanks for that Guillaume, > > Does Xwiki support fixed categories or metadata that can be assigned > to > pages? > > I suppose I was looking at more along the lines of classifing > content as > it's created by assigning pages with categories/tags within a fixed > taxonomy > that the user can't change or add to. > > This content does not necessary have to live in a fixed structure, > just > classified. i.e. a department may manage their own space and how it's > arranged, create and delete pages as required, but the content needs > to be > classified against our taxonomy.
XWiki is completely flexible and you can add as many metadata you want to a wiki page. We call them Objects. You can even define your own Object types to define your own taxonomy. We also have a lightweight taxonomy with Tags (which are a predefined Object type). Some reading: http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/DataModel http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?l=XWiki http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/FAQTutorial Hope it helps, -Vincent > > Regards, > > Stephen... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Guillaume Lerouge >> Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2009 4:35 PM >> To: XWiki Users >> Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Taxonomy >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Stephen Eaton >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> G'day one and all, >>> >>> I'm looking at using xwiki for our intranet and was wondering how >>> existing taxonomies can be implemented/imported into xwiki >> >> >> XWiki offers parent-child relationships between pages and it >> has "spaces", which mean you can group pages together. A >> typical XWiki taxonomy would look like this: >> >> - Main homepage (Main.WebHome) >> - Space A homepage (SpaceA.WebHome) >> - child page 1 >> - child page 2 >> - child 1 of child page 2 >> - child 1 of child 1 of child page 2 >> - Space B homepage (SpaceB.WebHome) >> - child page 1 >> >> As for importing them into XWiki, I guess it depends on how >> your taxonomies are currently represented. If they are stored >> in XML documents, you might want to try creating XWiki >> documents out of them and use the <parent> field to represent >> the taxonomy. >> >> Guillaume >> >> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Stephen.... >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Guillaume Lerouge >> Product Manager - XWiki >> Skype: wikibc >> Twitter: glerouge >> http://guillaumelerouge.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of >> virus signature database 4330 (20090812) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 4330 (20090812) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
