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This page is a repository of suggestions, tips and tricks for editors (i.e., all users!) of AIRWiki.

Resources

These resources can be handy when you are trying to figure out how to do something:

• MediaWiki help: general help for users of wikis.
• SMW extension: official page of the Semantic MediaWiki extension for MediaWiki. Here you can learn what SMW adds to MediaWiki.
• SMW help: help on the semantic tools provided by SMW.
• SMW_Project_Workflow: description of the complete lifecycle of a project in AIRWiki, from proposal to closure. Useful if you are setting up or coordinating a project.
• Dynamic Page Generation: guidelines for the creation of semantic queries within AIRWiki. A collection of very useful examples.
• AIRWiki_Ontology: this is the structure of the ontology behind the semantic elements of AIRWiki. You have to keep this in mind when writing queries.

Tips for inexperienced SMW users

New to SMW? This introduction is the right place to learn what it is.

Approach

These are basic decisions about the structure of AIRWiki that have been taken. You should always comply with them when editing the AIRWiki.

• All reasonably static information about the AIRLab should be published in the AIRLab website. All information which need to be modified more frequently (say: at least twice a year) should instead be put into the AIRWiki. The AIRWiki also offers the possibility of building pages which are automatically updated.
• The AIRLab website should mention all the research areas active in AIRLab; but some of these could be absent from the AIRWiki.
• AIRWiki DOES NOT include a "Projects" page (where the projects of AIRLab are listed). Projects are listed in the pages of the relevant research area.