https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30494
--- Comment #3 from [email protected] 2011-08-21 20:48:56 UTC --- The use case is there are images that belong to some particular page. When uploading, users select from various attributes to specify what the image shows. Then, on the page where they belong, queries produce the correct images for whatever area of the page the image is supposed to appear. For example, images can be of the front, back, or a close up detail. Some images are designated as the "main" images for whatever type they are, and are shown at the top of pages. Basically, since images aren't integral to a page per se (they have their own pages), I'm using SMW to assemble the images in their relevant topic pages. In queries of those topic pages, a single "main" image may be shown to allow quick visual skimming of results. I'm making use of SMW with files. Most of what I'm trying to do would be straightforward with anything but files, but for files, it requires a lot of workarounds. I think files in general need a bit more attention. Here's another bug about files: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30034 Although there is a workaround for that bug, and it was closed because it was doable, I think workarounds out to become goals for improvement such that they're no longer necessary. Most of the shortcomings that are immediately fixable are in files. The other shortcomings are in queries, which seem to be limited by the capabilities of MySQL, and so need a SPARQL database to resolve. Being fairly straightforward to improve, I think files/images should get a bit more development priority than they normally do. They're very useful for making lots of query results easy to navigate quickly just by looking at them, in addition to other uses like automatically populating page sections with relevant images in one step (the file upload step). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
