added my reasons for wanting a replace-able template system

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / todo / structured_page_data.mdwn

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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 This is an idea from [[JoshTriplett]].  --[[Joey]]
 
 This is an idea from [[JoshTriplett]].  --[[Joey]]
 

+* See further discussion at [[forum/an_alternative_approach_to_structured_data]].
+

 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. 
 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. 


@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ See also:
 >    rather than all pages linked from a given page.
 >
 >The first use case is handled by having a template in the page creation.  You could
 >    rather than all pages linked from a given page.
 >
 >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:
 >
 >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:
 >


@@ -243,8 +249,12 @@ in a large number of other cases.
 
 > 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'
 
 > 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.
 > 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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