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The [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Inline_queries#Parser_function_.23ask '''ask'''] directive is a [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Inline_queries Semantic MediaWiki inline query]. This particular query searches the wiki pages for pages that have the property [[Property:Is facility|Is facility]] set to True. ''(There is an article on [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Property_naming Property naming] and in the best practices section, it is advised that you use a verb phrase to describe properties). Also, properties can have various [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:List_of_datatypes datatypes] - in this case, the property datatype is Boolean.'' The [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Result_formats |format=ul] line directs the results to be printed out as an unordered list.

The [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Inline_queries#Parser_function_.23ask '''ask'''] directive is a [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Inline_queries Semantic MediaWiki inline query]. This particular query searches the wiki pages for pages that have the property [[Property:Is facility|Is facility]] set to True. ''(There is an article on [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Property_naming Property naming] and in the best practices section, it is advised that you use a verb phrase to describe properties). Also, properties can have various [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:List_of_datatypes datatypes] - in this case, the property datatype is Boolean.'' The [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Result_formats |format=ul] line directs the results to be printed out as an unordered list.

The value in this particular setup is that, when a new facility is added to the space, it will automatically show up in this list. Now, one might argue that facilities are not going to show up at frequent intervals, and, this is true. However, we can extend this practice to create new lists, and [[Equipment]] is one of the major ones. The use of properties allows us to have properties that mark pages as equipment ([[Property:Is equipment|Is equipment::True]]), and to say that the equipment is located in a particular facility ([[Property:Is located in facility|Is Located in facility::Machine Shop]]), and to indicated that the equipment is used in a particular domain ([[Property:Is used in domain|Is used in domain::Metal]]).

The value in this particular setup is that, when a new facility is added to the space, it will automatically show up in this list. Now, one might argue that facilities are not going to show up at frequent intervals, and, this is true. However, we can extend this practice to create new lists, and [[Equipment]] is one of the major ones. The use of properties allows us to have properties that mark pages as equipment ([[Property:Is equipment|Is equipment::True]]), and to say that the equipment is located in a particular facility ([[Property:Is located in facility|Is Located in facility::Machine Shop]]), and to indicated that the equipment is used in a particular domain ([[Property:Is used in domain|Is used in domain::Metal]]). The use of properties rather than page structure gives us tremendous flexibility in expanding to future groupings. Imagine that we might want to see all equipment that is used on Wood that is located in the Machine Shop or the Wood Shop. This can be easily generated with a query.