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Issue Log and Open Questions

Issue Log



Item 1.


The Form:SemBioLongInfoBoxThreeWithBanner seems to insert an extra section every time a page created using the Template and associated Form is saved

- Is there a glitch or have I coded the Form incorrectly?
- The form should creat three sections, which are optional for filling out. The sections are (1) Biographical synthesis (2) Evidence from High Court of Admiralty (2) Comment on sources
- NB: The extra inserted section on saving is ONLY the Comment on sources section, and the extra insertion only happens if that section contains no text after the Form creating the Semantic biography has been saved for the first time


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Item 1. Use of Templates and Forms


Is my use of Templates and Forms correct?

- In the case of the SemOccupation Form and Template and I have added a second Template to both the first Form and Template. The second Template is Template:CreateBio and codes for a float box with a purple header bar on the left hand side below the out put of the Inline Query which is the main component of the Template:Occupation. I added the second Template to the Form:SemOccupation.
- Is it correct to call the Template:CreateBio a Sub Template, or is that something else?
- The reason for including the second Template is for efficiency of revising the float box content, since the float box will be used on circa 100 Semantic Occupations
- Would it have been better to leave the second Template out of the first Template and simply have the second Template selected through the Form:SemOccupation?
-- I have actually included the following code in the Form:SemOccupation, but I don't think it is correct, and I think it duplicates me pasting the Template:CreateBio into Template:SemOccupation?

{{{for template|CreateBio}}}
{| class="formtable"
|)
{{{end template}}}

Template:SemBioLongInfoBoxThree defines category: Form3withbanner semantic biography
Form:SemBioLongInfoBoxThreeWithBanner

Template:SemParish defines category: Semantic parish
Form:SemParish


Item 2. How deal with some structural issues to do with Property naming and definition in a particular Template and Form?


How handle Mariner occupations?
- Sometimes stated in upfront deposition summary that deponent is a Mariner, but sometimes stated in text
- Many mariners are just described as Mariners, but some have additional roles stated in upfront deposition summary, e.g. Master, Boatswain, Carpenter's Mate
- I have created a second Property called "Mariner occupation"
- How make filling out "Mariner occupation" conditional on ticking a box, or filling out, "Mariner" OR "Sailor"?

Template:SemOccupation defines category: Semantic occupation
Form:SemOccupation


Item 3. Red links


How direct red links of certain types to certain types of Form to create new pages?

- I am keen to stop volunteers having the option of creating a new page without a Form
- I am keen to direct volunteers to using the right Form to create a new Semantic biography (or, just possibly, another type of page)

e.g. links which are Property type "Is apprentice of", "Spouse of"?

e.g. Noth red links in free text in a semantic biography page and red links in the semantic biography InfoBox?


Item 4. Edit with Form


How shut off the Edit source code option so that a volunteer or a user with a certain user status can only see the Edit with Form option for pages created with a specifc Form?

- Can another group of users be specified so that they can see the source code opetion (s.g. systems ops/administrators?


Item 5. Review the developing semantic structure of the wiki


Role of semantic biography pages?

Role of semantic geography pages?


Item 6. Skype contact buttons


Is there a way to add a Skype contact button to a MarineLives wiki page?

- Either to show a Skype address, or to originate a call?

See: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA99/how-do-i-add-contact-me-buttons-and-skype-uri-links-to-my-website-or-app


Item 7. Suppressing blanks in an InfoBox


How do I code to suppress the blanks in rows in the Semantic biography InfoBox for which there are no data?

- I haven't decided whether it is best to show blanks or not, but want to know technically how I would do that


Item 8. Collapsible/Expandible sections in an InfoBox


How would I create collapsible/expandible sections in my InfoBox in the Semantic biography pages?

- This would be an alternative to suppressing the blanks in rows for which there is no data


Item 9. ShowFactBox Magic word often does not work


In a good number of pages the ShowFactBox magic word does not generate a semantic FactBox at the bottom of a page

- The magic word __SHOWFACTBOX__ is included in the various Tenmplates I have used to create new pages
- There seems no good reason why it works on same pages and not others

e.g. It doesn't on most of the Semantic biography pages, e.g. Samuell Haughton, but the semantic properties are there and can be seen in the Samuell Haughton example Special Browse for Samuell Haughton
e.g. It does work in the Semantic parish pages, for example Saint Dunstans in the East

You can see the __SHOWFACTBOX__ code at the bottom of the Semantic biography template

...
! Has source comment completed
| [[Has source comment completed::{{{Has source comment completed|}}}]] 
|-
|}
__NOEDITSECTION__
__SHOWFACTBOX__

[[Category:Semantic biography]]
[[Category:Form3withbanner semantic biography]]
</includeonly>

Item 10. Sub queries


I am struggling to understand how to write and use a subquery

- I want to be able to combine queried data from our two main types of semantic page (1) Transcription pages (Category:Page) and (2) Semantic biography pages (Catgeory:Semantic biography
- The sort of queries I have in mind are:

e.g. Show me the all the start pages of depositions for people with semantic biographies of a particular type, and show me for those people the deposition start pages and when they were first transcribed! (Property:First transcribed)
e.g. Show me the all the start pages of depositions for people with semantic biographies of a particular type, and show me for those people the deposition start pages and the text of the transcription (Property:Transcription)


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