Help:Semantic Properties

What is the Semantic Wiki?
Ability to see if a particular item is on a page or not. For example, let say we want to made sure that every United State's state page has a link to a page about cemeteries in that state? By using semantic coding we see if there is a link to a page on cemeteries for each state at once rather than look at each state individually. It can be likened to an SQL, however it is only for Wiki’s.

Semantic Properties

 * This is an example of semantic coding:
 * #set - is the semantic coding to select a property.
 * has cemeteries - is the property we are looking for.
 * after the equal sign is the page we are seeing if it exists which is in this case Alabama Cemeteries

Searching for pages using Semantic Properties

 * To illustrate: let’s say we want to make sure that every state in the USA has a page on cemeteries for that state.
 * 1) Let call the page "United State Cemetery Pages"
 * 2) On this page we will type
 * 3) After saving the page you now see United State Cemetery Pages.
 * 4) Click on the link and you will see nothing below the title.
 * 5) Next click on "Browse properties" at the very bottom of the left hand menu. You should see this: Properties.
 * 6) You should see "Has cemeteries" with Alabama Cemeteries next to it.
 * 7) Now to add more states, simply separate each state title with a pipe like so:
 * 8) To see a complete page showing all states have a page on cemeteries, click here.
 * 9) Click on "browse properities" again.
 * 10) Notice that you only see the first 20 or so states. You then have to click on the three little dotes after the last state shown to see more.
 * 11) As you can see all the states have a page on cemeteries.
 * 12) Check out this page to see if all states have Divorce Records.
 * 13) Click on "Browse properties" and you will see that not all states have divorce records.


 * 1) Put this property in this semantic coding:
 * 2) After the equal sign is the Alabama page we are looking for.
 * 3) Next save this coding to a page.
 * 4) Click on “Browse properties” at the bottom of the left side menu on the page where you saved this semantic coding.
 * 5) Click on the Browes properties on this page to see this example:
 * 6) Notice two columns will appear.
 * The left column will be the property you are looking for, in this case “has Cemeteries.”
 * The right side you will see a link to a page title, in this case “Alabama Cemeteries.”
 * The link will be either in blue or red.
 * If the link to the page is blue, the page exists, however, if the link is red the page does not exist.
 * Now, granted you can do the same thing with fewer steps by a simple search looking for "Alabama Cemeteries," but you can only search for one page at a time.
 * But let's suppose that you want to make sure all the states have a page on cemeteries. This is where Semantic Wiki shows its power.
 * With a pipe symbol “|” separating each page you are looking for, you can search to see if each state has a page on cemeteries with only one inquiry.
 * Here is an example:
 * Notice each state is separated by a “|” pipe. You can add an unlimited amount of pages to search.
 * In this example for cemeteries, maybe 47 states have a page on cemeteries but three states do not.
 * This you found out in one inquiry rather than search for each of them one at a time.
 * Again, Semantic coding allows you to search for any number of pages at once with a certain property.
 * This you found out in one inquiry rather than search for each of them one at a time.
 * Again, Semantic coding allows you to search for any number of pages at once with a certain property.

Searches made with properties

 * Properties United States Sidebars
 * Properties England County Sidebars
 * Properties British Isle Sidebars
 * Properties Scandinavan Sidebars