https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10867
--- Comment #6 from Philippe Verdy <[email protected]> 2010-11-05 17:38:01 UTC --- EAN and UPC numbers/barcodes are now very valid sources. They act like URNs, and shold be treated as a generic URN that encompasses the functionality of URLs and URIs. Additionally, it would be extremely helpful to have an extension that generates Barcodes or QRCodes from these URNs. Notably for mobile users that have difficulty to type them. These barcodes are just another presentation of those URNs. All wiki pages should also be able to display their own URN as a barcode or QRCode, without having to upload images to Commons (the extension should have a policy about which URN naming scheme it accepts, just like there's a policy for URLs/URIs). For me the EAN or UPC numbers are just the path part of an URI scheme with a URN prefix, so they should be handled in Mediawiki just like other links: reserving the "urn:" prefix for such use in links, and adding some feature to generate the QRCode from any link displayed or active on the page would (a right click, or a mousehover action ?) would do the trick. Note also that Mediawiki is not restricted to just opensourced projects like Wikimedia sites. There's a legitimate use for these URNs on commercial deployments of MediaWikis (notably online shops, shopping guides, products guides, personal wiki-based blogs, scientific or medical databases). Textual links or clickable images are not always the best option for accessibility). Just think about MMS, ads or information links displayed on TV without any keyboard/mouse interface, or on street advertizing displays: take a photo with your mobile phone with one of those many Barcode reader apps, and you can immediately link to the site in one button press or screen touch, znd without typing errors (a good thing against domain name cybersquating exploiting typing errors). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
