Getting started

In one sitting: from an empty page to structured, queryable data. Work on the public sandbox at neowiki.dev — create an account first (anonymous editing is off), then edit freely; it is a sandbox and resets periodically — or on your own wiki.

1. Create a Schema

A Schema describes a kind of thing: a Person, a Building, a Painting. Go to Special:Schemas and create one, then use Add property definition for each fact you want to record, giving it a name and a Property Type — text, number, date, relation, and so on.

2. Create a Subject

A Subject is one thing described with a Schema. Open any wiki page and pick Create subject from the page tools, fill in the values, and save. The page's Main Subject renders automatically as an infobox, and the page's Data tab lists every Subject on the page.

3. Render a View in wikitext

Source edit any page and add:

{{#view:}}

With no id it renders the page's Main Subject. Parser Functions covers the rest, and Layouts control which properties a View shows (Glossary).

4. Query

Add a query to any page. This one lists the stored pages, whatever your data model:

{{#cypher_raw: MATCH (p:Page) RETURN p.name }}

Needs a Neo4j backend, which the sandbox and the Docker install have.

Where next

Author an ontology mapping — publish your Subjects in EDM, CIDOC-CRM, or another vocabulary
Glossary — the vocabulary the UI and these docs share

Tell us what this guide is missing: https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/NeoWiki/issues/1336.

Getting started ​

1. Create a Schema ​

2. Create a Subject ​

3. Render a View in wikitext ​

4. Query ​