On 9/23/09 4:54 PM, Robert Rohde wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM, apri a.vd.wiel<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I like the XML way of resolving this problem but I think it MediaWiki >> has a bigger task to do. >> Restructure the wiki language, XML-ize the language completely. >> Forms and attributes will have a place in this WikiXML-definition. >> Pages can be constructed from one or more XML-sources. >> XML-source, or a transformed version of it, can be used on more than >> one page. >> 'Extensions' will be (sub)-elements of the standard MediaWiki >> definition. >> Recursive tasks can be done as long as the definition allows it. >> We are not depending on the MW-parser as is. >> Easier construction of editors. >> Use of XML-stylesheets for presentation. >> etc. >> >> non-realistic? May be. In my vision the only way to make a real >> difference. >> If this is a first step towards structuring the language than I think >> its ok. >> > Wikis are supposed to be easy to edit. Maybe I am misunderstanding > your intent, but XML-ize everything sounds like an approach that would > make it much harder for novice editors to figure out what they are > doing. XML tends to be verbose and complicated when edited by hand, > and rather opaque for people who have no experience with it. > > -Robert Rohde > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > Indeed.
WikiText != XML on purpose. - Trevor _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
