Help:Import vocabulary

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A complete introduction to import vocabulary into a Semantic MediaWiki system is given on Help:Import vocabulary.

Step 1: Set up the SMW Import Page

This first setup step, creating the import page in the MediaWiki namespace, is only possible for admin users. It only maps internal concepts to the external name space uri and enables SMW to resolve to externally defined vocabulary URIs (e.g. RDF export of local wiki pages). Semantic annontations and the SMW import page correspond as follows with ns being the locally defined namespace:

MediaWiki:Smw_import_ns maps imported concepts
Assign on a property or class/category page the the external concept to a local property or class by: [[Imported from::ns:conceptTerm]]
Use the property on a content page: [[ns:conceptTerm::some value]]

Normally templates code and forms should manage properties and their corresponding import properties, URIs etc. Then check if there is already an import page.

If there is no SMW import page yet for the vocabulary/concept scheme import, create the SMW import page. Concepts of Biorelations for instance use the locally defined namespace “biorel“, e.g. biorel:adjacent to (see also MediaWiki:Smw import biorel).

(The namespace prefix ns is used by SWM to identify the import URI of concepts)

Example of an import page (note the beginning spaces in front of the terms/concepts) …
http://name/space/uri/|[http://url/to/documentation Display text for doc-URL]
 comments|Type:Text
 metadataLanguage|Type:String
 providerManagedID|Type:String
 reviewer|Type:String
 reviewerComments|Type:Text
 SomeClass|Type:Class
 …


Step 2: Create Concept Scheme

Now you create the concept scheme page that uses the ns (=locally defined name space) from above as preferred namespace prefix.

 

Technical note: Template: Concept scheme manages settings and data for a concept scheme.

Step 3: Add Concepts to the Wiki

Concepts in this Wiki have their own page (in main name space) for documentation, definition and translation. Those pages can be managed by the form below or on the concept page by clicking on tab “Edit with form”. If you create the page for the imported concept prefix it with ns (=locally defined name space) from above.

 

Technical note: Template: Concept manages settings and data for a concept.

Step 4: Complete SWM Setup by Creating Corresponding Property Page/Class Page

For a concept to be used by SWM as property or class it is necessary to set up either a property or class/category page holding the information of [[Imported from::ns:conceptTerm]]. These informations are managed by templates and the forms below will assist you to set up those pages. Remember: only basic information necessary to SWM should be on these pages, detailed documentation, definition and translation is managed by the concept form in step 3 (or use the tab “Edit with form” on a concept page).

Imported concept corresponds to a property? Then use the following form:

 

Imported concept corresponds to a class/category? Then use the following form: