Right now you can only manually edit the JSON blob in VE (as in wikitext), but we have a Google Summer of Code intern working on VE support this summer!
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-extensions-graph-ve/ On May 6, 2015 12:28 PM, "David Gerard" <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a facility to use this in VE? > > On 6 May 2015 at 12:25, Jon Robson <jdlrob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think this is great but I'm still super super concerned about the > support > > for "Embedded directly with <graph>". I'm concerned as if used this way > we > > risk making wikitext even more like code and more difficult for others to > > edit. Also having it inside the page makes it really difficult to > > extract/encourage remixing of the data... > > > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:32 AM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 5/5/15, Yuri Astrakhan <yastrak...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> > Starting today, editors can use *<graph>* tag to include complex > graphs > >> and > >> > maps inside articles. > >> > > >> > *Demo:* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Demo > >> > *Vega's demo:* > >> http://trifacta.github.io/vega/editor/?spec=scatter_matrix > >> > *Extension info:* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph > >> > *Vega's docs:* https://github.com/trifacta/vega/wiki > >> > *Bug reports:* https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ - project tag > #graph > >> > > >> > Graph tag support template parameter expansion. There is also a > Graphoid > >> > service to convert graphs into images. Currently, Graphoid is used in > >> case > >> > the browser does not support modern JavaScript, but I plan to use it > for > >> > all anonymous users - downloading large JS code needed to render > graphs > >> is > >> > significantly slower than showing an image. > >> > > >> > Potential future growth (developers needed!): > >> > * Documentation and better tutorials > >> > * Visualize as you type - show changes in graph while editing its code > >> > * Visual Editor's plugin > >> > * Animation < > https://github.com/trifacta/vega/wiki/Interaction-Scenarios > >> > > >> > > >> > Project history: Exactly one year ago, Dan Andreescu (milimetric) and > Jon > >> > Robson demoed Vega visualization grammar < > >> https://trifacta.github.io/vega/> > >> > usage in MediaWiki. The project stayed dormant for almost half a year, > >> > until Zero team decided it was a good solution to do on-wiki graphs. > The > >> > project was rewritten, and gained many new features, such as template > >> > parameters. Yet, doing graphs just for Zero portal seemed silly. Wider > >> > audience meant that we now had to support older browsers, thus > Graphoid > >> > service was born. > >> > > >> > This project could not have happened without the help from Dan > Andreescu, > >> > Brion Vibber, Timo Tijhof, Chris Steipp, Max Semenik, Marko Obrovac, > >> > Alexandros Kosiaris, Jon Robson, Gabriel Wicke, and others who have > >> helped > >> > me develop, test, instrument, and deploy Graph extension and Graphoid > >> > service. I also would like to thank the Vega team for making this > amazing > >> > library. > >> > > >> > --Yurik > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Wikitech-l mailing list > >> > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > >> > >> > >> Hmm cool. > >> > >> One of the interesting things, is you can use the API as a data > >> source. For example, here is a pie graph of how images on commons > >> needing categories are divided up > >> > >> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Sandbox&oldid=159978060 > >> (One could even make that more general and have a template, which > >> given a cat name, would give a pie graph of how the subcategories are > >> divided in terms of number). > >> > >> --bawolff > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikitech-l mailing list > >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Jon Robson > > * http://jonrobson.me.uk > > * https://www.facebook.com/jonrobson > > * @rakugojon > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
