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= Semantic Mediawiki =

* Practical way of adding semantic data to wikis (mediawiki)
* Anyone can add semantic content
* Inline properties (annotations) <nowiki>[[about::Semantic web]]</nowiki>
* Ontologies - classes (categories and templates)
* Queries 
** <nowiki>{{ #ask: [[about::Semantic web]] }}</nowiki>
** <nowiki>{{ #ask: [[Category:Person]] | [[Location::Montreal]] }}</nowiki>
* Forms
** Make SMW much easier to use when entering field data
** Inputs for different text types, date, file upload, geo location
* Views
** Map
** [http://subvention.zooid.org/wiki/Quebec_social_orgs_mapped Facet view]
** [http://innovationcell.com/wiki/Work Timeline]
** [http://innovationcell.com/wiki/User:Carlos_Rizo#tab=Graph Graph]

== Hands on ==

* Go to http://subvention.zooid.org
* Create an account
* Create page using search
* Add property <nowiki>[[knows::Douglas Jack]]</nowiki>
* Add property <nowiki>[[birth date::June 1, 1970]]</nowiki>
* Add link <nowiki>[[People]]</nowiki>
* Add <nowiki>[[Category:Person]]</nowiki>
* View resulting [http://subvention.zooid.org/wiki/People collective People page].

* Add a new class (category with properties, form)

== Sites ==

* [http://discoursedb.org/wiki/Park51_controversy Discourse DB]
* [http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Main_Page Placeography]