This is an idea from [[JoshTriplett]]. --[[Joey]]
+* See further discussion at [[forum/an_alternative_approach_to_structured_data]].
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Some uses of ikiwiki, such as for a bug-tracking system (BTS), move a bit away from the wiki end
of the spectrum, and toward storing structured data about a page or instead
of a page.
> rather than all pages linked from a given page.
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>The first use case is handled by having a template in the page creation. You could
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>have some type of form to edit the data, but that's just sugar on top of the template.
>If you were going to have a web form to edit the data, I can imagine a few ways to do it:
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> would match `data_eq(Depends on,6)`, `data_link(Depends on,bugs/bugA)`, `data_link(Depends on,bugs/bugB)`
> or, if you applied the patch in [[todo/tracking_bugs_with_dependencies]] then you can use 'defined pagespecs'
-> such as `data_link(Depends on,~openBugs)`. The ability to label links like this allows separation of
+> such as `data_link(Depends on,~openBugs)`. <a id="another_kind_of_links" />The ability to label links like this allows separation of
> dependencies between bugs from arbitrary links.
+>> This issue (the need for distinguished kinds of links) has also been brought up in other discussions: [[tracking_bugs_with_dependencies#another_kind_of_links]] (deps vs. links) and [[tag_pagespec_function]] (tags vs. links). --Ivan Z.
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+>>> And multiple link types are now supported; plugins can set the link
+>>> type when registering a link, and pagespec functions can match on them. --[[Joey]]
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