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<div class="book">This page documents some of the contraptions at work in the Mondotheque wiki. The name "transclusionism" refers to the term "transclusion" coined by utopian systems humanist [[L'UTOPISTE|Ted Nelson]] and used in Mediawiki to refer to inclusion of the same piece of text in between different pages.</div>
 
<div class="book">This page documents some of the contraptions at work in the Mondotheque wiki. The name "transclusionism" refers to the term "transclusion" coined by utopian systems humanist [[L'UTOPISTE|Ted Nelson]] and used in Mediawiki to refer to inclusion of the same piece of text in between different pages.</div>
  
 
== How to transclude labelled sections between texts: ==
 
== How to transclude labelled sections between texts: ==
  
To create transclusions between different texts, you need to select a section of text that will form a connection between the pages, based on a common subject:
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<section begin='xanadu' />To create transclusions between different texts, you need to select a section of text that will form a connection between the pages, based on a common subject:
  
 
* Think of a category that is the common ground for the link. For example if two texts refer to a similar issue or specific concept (eg. '<code>rawdata</code>'), formulate it '''without spaces''' or using underscores (eg. '<code>raw_data</code>', not '<code>raw data</code>' );
 
* Think of a category that is the common ground for the link. For example if two texts refer to a similar issue or specific concept (eg. '<code>rawdata</code>'), formulate it '''without spaces''' or using underscores (eg. '<code>raw_data</code>', not '<code>raw data</code>' );
 
* Edit the two or more pages which you want to link, adding <code><nowiki>{{RT|rawdata}}<section begin=rawdata /> </nowiki></code> before the text section, and  <code><nowiki><section end=rawdata /></nowiki></code> at the end (take care of the closing '<code>/></code>' );
 
* Edit the two or more pages which you want to link, adding <code><nowiki>{{RT|rawdata}}<section begin=rawdata /> </nowiki></code> before the text section, and  <code><nowiki><section end=rawdata /></nowiki></code> at the end (take care of the closing '<code>/></code>' );
* All the text sections in other wiki pages which are selected along the same common ground will be transcluded on the side of the text.
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* All text sections in other wiki pages that are marked up through the same common ground, will be transcluded in the margin of the text.<section end='xanadu' />
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== How it shows up: ==
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For example, this is how a transclusion from a labelled section of the [[Xanadu]] article appears:
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{{RT|xanadu}}
  
 
== How it works: ==
 
== How it works: ==
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The <code><nowiki>{{RT|rawdata}} </nowiki></code> instead, creates the side links by transcluding the [[Template:RT]] page, substituting the word <code>rawdata</code> in its internal code, in place of <code>{{{1}}}</code>. This is the commented content of Template:RT:
 
The <code><nowiki>{{RT|rawdata}} </nowiki></code> instead, creates the side links by transcluding the [[Template:RT]] page, substituting the word <code>rawdata</code> in its internal code, in place of <code>{{{1}}}</code>. This is the commented content of Template:RT:
  
<pre><nowiki><div class="side">                                   # Puts the trancluded sections in its own
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<pre><nowiki>
                                                    # div;
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#  Puts the trancluded sections in its own div:
{{#ask:                                             #  Searches semantically for all the pages
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<div class="side">
   [[Category:{{{1}}}]]|format=array | name=results # in the requested category, puts them in
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# Searches semantically for all the pages in the
}}                                                  # an array;
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# requested category, puts them in an array:                             
{{#loop: looper                                     #  Starts a loop,
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{{#ask:                                  
  | 0                                                 #  Going from 0 to
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   [[Category:{{{1}}}]]|format=array | name=results
  | {{#arraysize: results}}                           # the amount of pages of the array, that:
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}}
  | {{#ifeq: {{FULLPAGENAME:                         #  If the pagename
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# Starts a loop, going from 0 to the amount of pages
       {{#arrayindex: results | {{#var:looper}}  }} #  of the current element of the array
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# in the array:
             }}                                       #  is the same as
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{{#loop: looper
  |          {{FULLPAGENAME}}                         #  the page calling the loop,
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  | 0                                              
  |                                                   #  It will skip the page;
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  | {{#arraysize: results}}
  |          {{#lst:                                 # Otherwise it searches through the  
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# If the pagename of the current element of the array  
         {{#arrayindex: results | {{#var:looper}}  }} #  current page in the loop for
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# is the same as the page calling the loop, it will skip
  | {{{1}}}  }}                                     all the occurrences of labeled sections
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# the page:
([[{{#arrayindex: results | {{#var:looper}}  }}]])   #  Adds a link to the current page in loop;
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  | {{#ifeq: {{FULLPAGENAME:
<br /><br />                                         Adds some space after the page;
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       {{#arrayindex: results | {{#var:looper}}  }}
   }}                                               #  End of pagename if;
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             }}
}}                                                   End of loop;
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  |          {{FULLPAGENAME}}
</div>                                               Closes div;
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  |
[[category:{{{1}}}]]                                 #  Adds the page to the label category.
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  |          {{#lst:
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# Otherwise it searches through the current page in the
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# loop, for all the occurrences of labeled sections:
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         {{#arrayindex: results | {{#var:looper}}  }}
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  | {{{1}}}  }}
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Adds a link to the current page in loop:
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([[{{#arrayindex: results | {{#var:looper}}  }}]])
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#  Adds some space after the page:
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<br /><br />
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End of pagename if statement:
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   }}
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#  End of loop:
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}}
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Closes div:
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</div>
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Adds the page to the label category:
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[[category:{{{1}}}]]
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
</nowiki></pre>
  
== Necessaire: ==
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== Necessaire ==
  
Currently on top of MediaWiki and SemanticMediaWiki, the following extensions needed to be installed for the contraption to work:
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Currently, on top of MediaWiki and SemanticMediaWiki, the following extensions needed to be installed for the contraption to work:
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion Labeled Section Transclusion]  to be able to select specific sections of the texts and make connections between them;
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion Labeled Section Transclusion]  to be able to select specific sections of the texts and make connections between them;
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions Parser Functions] to be able to operate statements like if in the wiki pseudo-language;
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* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions Parser Functions] to be able to operate statements like <pre>if</pre> in the wiki pseudo-language;
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Arrays Arrays] to create lists of objects, for example as a result of semantic queries;
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Arrays Arrays] to create lists of objects, for example as a result of semantic queries;
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Loops Loops] to loop between the arrays above;
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Loops Loops] to loop between the arrays above;

Latest revision as of 16:09, 2 August 2016

This page documents some of the contraptions at work in the Mondotheque wiki. The name "transclusionism" refers to the term "transclusion" coined by utopian systems humanist Ted Nelson and used in Mediawiki to refer to inclusion of the same piece of text in between different pages.

How to transclude labelled sections between texts:

To create transclusions between different texts, you need to select a section of text that will form a connection between the pages, based on a common subject:

  • Think of a category that is the common ground for the link. For example if two texts refer to a similar issue or specific concept (eg. 'rawdata'), formulate it without spaces or using underscores (eg. 'raw_data', not 'raw data' );
  • Edit the two or more pages which you want to link, adding {{RT|rawdata}}<section begin=rawdata /> before the text section, and <section end=rawdata /> at the end (take care of the closing '/>' );
  • All text sections in other wiki pages that are marked up through the same common ground, will be transcluded in the margin of the text.

How it shows up:

For example, this is how a transclusion from a labelled section of the Xanadu article appears:

From Xanadu:
Every document can contain links of any type including virtual copies ("transclusions") to any other document in the system accessible to its owner.

How it works:

The <section> code is used by the 'Labeled Section Transclusion' extension, which looks for the tagged sections in a text, to transclude them into another text based on the assigned labels.

The {{RT|rawdata}} instead, creates the side links by transcluding the Template:RT page, substituting the word rawdata in its internal code, in place of {{{1}}}. This is the commented content of Template:RT:

#  Puts the trancluded sections in its own div:
<div class="side">
# Searches semantically for all the pages in the
# requested category, puts them in an array:                               
{{#ask:                                    
   [[Category:{{{1}}}]]|format=array | name=results
}}
# Starts a loop, going from 0 to the amount of pages
# in the array:
{{#loop: looper
 | 0                                                
 | {{#arraysize: results}}
# If the pagename of the current element of the array 
# is the same as the page calling the loop, it will skip 
# the page:
 | {{#ifeq: {{FULLPAGENAME:
       {{#arrayindex: results | {{#var:looper}}  }}
            }}
 |          {{FULLPAGENAME}}
 |
 |           {{#lst:
# Otherwise it searches through the current page in the 
# loop, for all the occurrences of labeled sections:
        {{#arrayindex: results | {{#var:looper}}  }}
 | {{{1}}}   }}
#  Adds a link to the current page in loop:
([[{{#arrayindex: results | {{#var:looper}}  }}]])
#  Adds some space after the page:
<br /><br />
#  End of pagename if statement:
   }}
#  End of loop:
}}
#  Closes div:
</div>
#  Adds the page to the label category:
[[category:{{{1}}}]]

Necessaire

Currently, on top of MediaWiki and SemanticMediaWiki, the following extensions needed to be installed for the contraption to work:

  • Labeled Section Transclusion to be able to select specific sections of the texts and make connections between them;
  • Parser Functions to be able to operate statements like
    if
    in the wiki pseudo-language;
  • Arrays to create lists of objects, for example as a result of semantic queries;
  • Loops to loop between the arrays above;
  • Variables as it's needed by some of the above.
Last Revision: 2·08·2016

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