X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/8e92468eae9ac0ab8161a0c71ff6c6a0a8aef07a..12f86df239e8a6c1d554d86b5c56e2b8713f6cd8:/doc/todo/structured_page_data.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/structured_page_data.mdwn b/doc/todo/structured_page_data.mdwn index 22f67cc0a..9f21fab7f 100644 --- a/doc/todo/structured_page_data.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/structured_page_data.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 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. @@ -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 + + + + >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' -> such as `data_link(Depends on,~openBugs)`. The ability to label links like this allows separation of +> such as `data_link(Depends on,~openBugs)`. 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. + +>>> 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]] ----