Hi,
because I wrote the Usermap I just want to say, that I am ok with abandoning the current UserMap.
As an alternative I would suggest to introduce Semantic Mediawiki (https://semantic-mediawiki.org/) to the OSGeo Wiki and build a new usermap based on SMW features.
SMW also could serve to rebuild the service provider directory and could facilitate many more things like the OSGeo advocates list etc..
In short, SMW allows to store structured data on wiki pages, that is then queryable through a query API. The query results can be shown and exported in many formats (Tables, Maps, Graphs, Timelines, Spreadsheets, JSON, RDF, XML, etc.).
SMW is a very mature and well maintained extension to MediaWiki, with an active developer community. So, its pretty secure to be supported in the overseeable future alongside MW updates.
Cheers,
Christian
Am 17.06.2015 um 23:51 schrieb Martin Spott:
Hi all,
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:34:06PM -0000, OSGeo wrote:
#1493: wiki: error on uploading .pdf and .odt
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Reporter: johanvdw | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Systems Admin | Keywords:
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Hello,
When trying to upload a .pdf or a .odt file I get an error "File extension
does not match mime type".
The Wiki is a constant source of headaches: We're using a terribly old
release of MediaWiki because the nice UserMap extension doesn't support
MediaWiki beyond 1.16. At the same time, potential successors to
UserMap require newer MediaWiki, therefore a smooth transition (first
replace UserMap by something different, then upgrade MediaWiki) is
impossible.
My plan was always to preserve the UserMap plugin in a functional
state, but I start realizing that I might need to consider a different
strategy. This strategy would mean to upgrade MediaWiki, to knowingly
break the UserMap extention .... and finally to hope that someone is
going to provide a replacement in the near future.
Opinions ?
Cheers,
Martin.