This is a great extension. but hiding the links by default is better IMO and
putting the show link in the sidebar.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:18 PM, viral gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 9-Dec-1968 NLS
> demo[1], we take pleasure in announcing the release of the Purple
> MediaWiki (PMWX) Extension into beta today (9-Dec-2008) as free
> and open source software (under the GNU GPL v2 license.)
>
> "Purple Numbers" have their root in the NLS system. They allow
> web content to be addressed at a fine granular level (for example
> you can point people to a particular paragraph in a web document,
> rather than just to a web page) and open up possibilities of
> improved navigation, communication, reference, search, semantics
> and knowledge support. PMWX enables "Purple Numbers" in MediaWiki
> and Semantic MediaWiki implementations, and provides that
> fine-grained addressability to wiki contents.
>
> Please refer to details about the Purple MediaWiki (PMWX)
> Extension and this release at:
>
>  o  the PMWX project homepage: http://project.cim3.net/wiki/PMWX
>
>  o  the PMWX Release Notes:
> http://project.cim3.net/wiki/PMWX_Release_Notes
>
>  o  the MediaWiki extensions catalog:
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Purple_MediaWiki
>
> We invite you to install, try and make use of PMWX, and would
> love to get your feedback!
>
>
> Best regards.  =ppy
>
> for the key members of the PMWX project team
> who have contributed to this release,
>
> Northeastern University - CCIS Dept.
>  Ken Baclawski
>  Viral Gupta
>  Tejas Parikh
>
> CIM Engineering, Inc. ("CIM3")
>  Jonathan Cheyer
>  Peter P. Yim
>
>
> P.S.
>    [1]  the oNLineSystem demo made by Doug Engelbart and his
> team, which exposed the world to the possibility of mouse,
> windows, hypertext, distributed collaboration ... more widely
> know as the "Mother of All Demos" - see:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos &
> http://www.sri.com/engelbart-event.html
>
>       [2] we will be making a presentation on PMWX as part of the
> SemanticWiki mini-series session-3 panel on the Ontolog Forum. Do
> join us at that virtual event if you can. Refer to details at:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_12_11
>

-- 
--alnokta
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