Semantic Compound Queries Extension

Version 0.3.4
Yaron Koren

This is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License. Please see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html for further details, including the full text and terms of the license.

Overview

Semantic Compound Queries is an extension to MediaWiki that defines a parser function, '#compound_query', that displays the results of the equivalent of multiple Semantic MediaWiki #ask queries at the same time. The syntax of #compound_query resembles that of #ask, but with more than one query, and with the elements of each sub-query delimited by semicolons instead of pipes. Elements that are common across all sub-queries, like 'format=' and 'width=' (for maps) should be placed after all sub-queries.

A sample call to #compound query, which retrieves both biographies, along with their subject; and fiction books, along with their author; is:

{{#compound_query:[[Category:Books]][[Has gentre::Biography]];?Covers subject=Subject

For more information, see the extension homepage at: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Compound_Queries

Requirements

This version of the Semantic Compound Queries extension requires MediaWiki 1.16 or higher and Semantic MediaWiki 1.6 or higher.

Installation

To install the extension, place the entire 'SemanticCompoundQueries' directory within your MediaWiki 'extensions' directory, then add the following line to your 'LocalSettings.php' file:

require_once( "$IP/extensions/SemanticCompoundQueries/SemanticCompoundQueries.php" );

Contact

Comments, questions, suggestions and bug reports should be sent to the Semantic MediaWiki mailing list:

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user

If possible, please add "[SCQ]" at the beginning of the subject line, to clarify the subject matter.