Maker Hub Wiki

This wiki is created on MediaWiki Version 1.35.7 (2912741).

The goal of this wiki is to provide information on the facilities, equipment, tools, supplies, and software available in the George Fox University Maker Hub. If you have never edited a Wiki before, you should reference the documentation on the MediaWiki site - specifically the page on Editing.

This site makes use of the standard extension, Semantic MediaWiki. This extension allows us to set one or more properties on unique wiki pages. These properties can then be queried within other pages and the results can be dynamically displayed in a variety of result formats. The main benefit is that a lot of entries can be auto-generated to allow easy navigation of the site as the site develops and evolves. The editors can add new pages, attach properties to those pages, and then have those pages automatically show up on other pages. This saves the editors from having to maintain a variety of lists on multiple pages.

For example, on the Main Page, there is a section for Facilities. This section looks like this:

==[[Facilities]]==
The Maker Hub is comprised of the following [[Facilities|facilities]]. These links describe each area and the resources within those areas.
{{#ask: [[Is facility::True]]
 |format=ul
}}

The ask directive is a Semantic MediaWiki inline query. This particular query searches the wiki pages for pages that have the property Is facility set to True. (There is an article on 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 datatypes - in this case, the property datatype is Boolean. The |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 (Is equipment::True), and to say that the equipment is located in a particular facility (Is Located in facility::Machine Shop), and to indicated that the equipment is used in a particular 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.

Properties

At present, current properties utilized on our site include:

	Description	Allowed Values"Allows value list" is a predefined property that can specify a reference to a list that holds permissible values to restrict value assignments for a property and is provided by Semantic MediaWiki.
Has QR code
Has ace
Has certification
Has description
Has email address
Has function
Has icon
Has icondesc
Has iconwname
Has image
Has imagedesc
Has make
Has model
Has name
Has redirect
Has second ace
Has tool
Has tool page
Has url
Has version
Is domain
Is equipment
Is equipment icon
Is facility
Is field
Is laser cutter equipment
Is located in facility		Facilities
Is network led server
Is property
Is sheet metal equipment
Is software
Is soldering iron equipment
Is supply
Is tool
Is used in domain		Domains
Uses equipment		Equipment
Uses software		Software

To create a new property, assign it on a page using standard Property Syntax. This can be done inline, but most often in this wiki, you will see the set directive used.

 {{#set:
  |Is domain=True
 }}