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.
> 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.
+>>> 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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