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diff --git a/www/wiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/docs/releasenotes/RELEASE-NOTES-2.4.0.md b/www/wiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/docs/releasenotes/RELEASE-NOTES-2.4.0.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..abcfe992 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/wiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/docs/releasenotes/RELEASE-NOTES-2.4.0.md @@ -0,0 +1,200 @@ +# Semantic MediaWiki 2.4 + +Released on July 9th, 2016. + +## Highlights + +### Support for multiple languages + +Added support for [multilingual content](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Localization_and_multilingual_content). +This includes the introduction of the [monolongual text datatype](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Type_Monolingual_text), +a new [special property to describe properties](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_property_Has_property_description) +and the new [Semantic Interlanguage Links extension](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Interlanguage_Links). + +### Pattern based constraints + +Added support for constraint specification using regular expressions (#1417). The use of `regular +expressions` and thus the `Allows pattern` property to express a constraint assignment is restricted +to users with the [`smw-patternedit`](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Permissions_and_user_rights) right. + +### Positional units + +It is now possible to specify which position a [custom unit](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Custom_units) +should have in [Corresponds to](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_property_Corresponds_to) annotations. +This means you can specify `[[Corresponds to::€ 1]]` instead of `[[Corresponds to::1 €]]`. You can find a +[small example](http://sandbox.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Issue/1329_(Positional_unit_preference)) on the Sandbox. + +### Display precision + +You can now specify the precision used for display of numeric properties (i.e. those of type Number, +Quantity, Temperature). This is done using the +[Display precision of](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_property_Display_precision_of) +property. You can override this display precision per `#ask` query, by using `-p<digit>`. +You can [view the examples](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1335). + +### Enhanced date and time formatting + +Extended [date and time formatting](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Type_Date) +by supporting PHP's `DateTime` format rules. + +### Display Title storage + +MediaWiki's `{{DISPLAYTITLE:...}}` can now be stored as the +[Display title of](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_property_Display_title_of) +special property, so it can be used in queries. + + +## Compatibility changes + +Support was added for MediaWiki 1.26 and MediaWiki 1.27. SMW 2.3 has know issues with these versions +of MediaWiki, so you are highly encouraged to upgrade SMW if you plan to use one of them. While SMW +2.3 already had beta support for PHP 7, this release fully supports it. + +This release does not drop support for anything. It is however the last release to support PHP older +than 5.5 and MediaWiki older than 1.25. + +For more information, see the [compatibility overview](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/blob/master/docs/COMPATIBILITY.md). + + +## New features and enhancements + +* [#498](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/498) Extended `rebuildData.php` to remove outdated entity references (see `PropertyTableIdReferenceDisposer`) +* [#1243](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1243) Made failed queries discoverable +* [#1246](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1246) Added support for `~`/`!~` on single value queries (example: `{{#ask: [[~Foo/*]] }}`) +* [#1267](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1267) Added the `browseByProperty` API module to fetch a property list or individual properties via the WebAPI +* [#1268](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1268) Restored compliance with MediaWiki's 1.26/1.27 WebAPI interface to ensure continued support for the `ask` and `askargs` output serialization +* [#1257](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1257) Changed import of recursive annotations (#1068) from the format to a query level using the `import-annotation` parameter +* [#1291](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1291) Added support for range queries such as `[[>AAA]] [[<AAD]]` +* [#1293](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1293) Added `_ERRC` and `_ERRT` as pre-defined properties to aid error analysis +* [#1299](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1299) Added dot named identifier restriction for subobject names containing a dot (`fooba.bar` reserved for extensions) +* [#1313](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1313) Added usage count information to property pages +* [#1321](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1321) Added [`$smwgSparqlRepositoryConnectorForcedHttpVersion`](https://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:$smwgSparqlRepositoryConnectorForcedHttpVersion) setting to force a specific HTTP version in case of a #1306 cURL issue +* [#1290](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1290) Added support for properties and `prinrequests` to be forwarded to a redirect target if one exists +* [#1329](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1329) Added positional preference for units when declared in `Corresponds to` (¥ 500 vs 500 JPY) +* [#1350](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1350) Enlarged input field on special page "Browse" +* [#1335](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1335) Added possibility to specify a display precision for a numeric `datatype` by either denoting a [`Display precision of`](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_property_Display_precision_of) or using `-p<number of digits>` as `#ask` printout option +* [#1344](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1344) Added `MonolingualTextValue` and `LanguageCodeValue` +* [#1361](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1361) Added `--with-maintenance-log` option to `rebuildData.php`, `rebuildPropertyStatistics.php`, and `rebuildConceptCache.php` +* [#1381](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1381) Added localizable context help for properties using the predefined property `Has property description` (which is specified as `MonolingualText` type) +* [#1389](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1389) Added free date/time formatting support using the `-F[ ... ]` option +* [#1391](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1391) Made subobject directly browsable from/in the Factbox +* [#1396](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1396) Explicitly annotated years now have an `AC/CE` era indication +* [#1397](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1397) Added support for microseconds in `DITime` +* [#1401](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1401) Added support for parsing `年/月/日` date format in `DITime` +* [#1407](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1407) Added quick result download links to `Special:Ask` +* [#1410](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1410) Added support for `{{DISPLAYTITLE:title}}` caption using the [`Display title of`](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_property_Display_title_of) property +* [#1417](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1417) Added [`Allows pattern`](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_property_Allows_pattern) property to define a value constraint using regular expressions and the required `smw-patternedit`right to add those expressions +* [#1433](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1433) Added `--ignore-exceptions` and `exception-log` options to `rebuildData.php` while option `-v` is showing additional information about the processed entities +* [#1440](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1440) Added various changes to accommodate MW 1.27 +* [#1463](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1463) Added support for the [`Has uniqueness constraint`](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_property_Has_uniqueness_constraint) property trait +* [#1474](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1474) Added a search link for zero properties to the `Special:Properties` +* [#1483](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1483) Added statistics about [outdated entities](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Outdated_entities) to the `Special:Statistics` +* [#1542](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1542) Extended the query parser to support conditions with object values that contain `=` (#640) +* [#1545](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1545) Added `#LOCL` as `TimeValue` output format +* [#1570](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1570) Added ["Object ID disposal"](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Object_ID_disposal) `to Special:SMWAdmin` +* [#1572](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1572) Extended the query parser to support property chaining on subtypes +* [#1580](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1580) Added `#LOCL` as `BooleanValue` output format +* [#1591](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1591) Added `#LOCL` as `NumberValue` output format +* [#1626](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1626) Added `$GLOBALS['smwgQueryDependencyAffiliatePropertyDetectionlist']` to monitor affiliate properties required for initiating a query dependency update + + +## Bug fixes + +* [#541](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/541) Fixed duplicate column when "further results ..." are redirected to `Special:Ask` +* [#753](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/753) Fixed number parsing of non-zero lead decimal numbers (.1 vs 0.1) / (T40476) +* [#1244](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1244) Find redirect for a property when specified as a record field (in `PropertyListValue`) +* [#1248](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1248) Fixed misplaced replacement of `_` in the `ImportValueParser` +* [#1270](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1270) Fixed printout display of inverse properties +* [#1272](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1272) Fixed serialization of `_rec` type in the `QueryResultSerializer` +* [#1275](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1275) Fixed export of record type data when embedded in a subobject +* [#1286](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1286) Fixed support for sorting by category +* [#1287](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1287) Fixed exception for when `$smwgFixedProperties` contains property keys with spaces +* [#1289](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1289) Fixed redirect statement for resources matched to an import vocabulary (`SPARQL` query) +* [#1301](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1301) Fixed `count` query result discrepancy (to exclude redirect and deleted entities) +* [#1314](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1314) Fixed hidden annotation copy of `[[ :: ]]` text values when embedded in query results +* [#1318](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1318) Fixed possible `null` object in `AskParserFunction` when creating a `QueryProfile` +* [#1357](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1357) Fixed `|+align=...` usage for `format=table` +* [#1358](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1358) Fixed recognition of multi-byte boolean value +* [#1348](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1348) Fixed single year detection in `TimeValue` +* [#1414](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1414) Fixed exception caused by a missing message page on a `Service link` annotation +* [#1449](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1449) Fixed mapping of imported URI to an internal `DataItem` +* [#1450](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1450) Fixed export of concept +* [#1453](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1453) Fixed off/on display in text value +* [#1459](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1459) Fixed column display regression in `CategoryResultPrinter` for subobjects +* [#1466](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1466) Fixed remote resource path detection that appeared in connection with a non-default extension setup +* [#1473](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1473) Fixed exception caused by `ParameterInput` due to "HTML attribute value can not contain a list of values" +* [#1477](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1477) Fixed query result from `SPARQLStore` to filter redirects natively +* [#1489](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1489) Fixed fatal error in `RdfResultPrinter` due to namespace mismatch +* [#1496](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1496) Fixed concept handling for `postgres` +* [#1513](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1513) Fixed rendering of text properties containing wikitext lists +* [#1526](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1526) Fixed `_` handling for value strings submitted to the `Special:SearchByProperty` +* [#1550](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1550) Fixed `SPARQLStore` `XML` response parsing for strings that contain UTF-8 characters +* [#1562](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1562) Fixed fatal error in `FeedResultPrinter` due to usage of an interwiki assignment +* [#1568](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1568) Fixed usage of invalid characters/tags in property name +* [#1594](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1594) Fixed handling of numbers with scientific notation in `Special:SearchByProperty` +* [#1597](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1597) Fixed possible ID collision in `DependencyLinksTableUpdater` +* [#1598](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1598) Fixed content language setting for `InfoLinks` +* [#1589](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1589) Fixed display precision constraint during condition building +* [#1608](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1608) Fixed that a `#info` without a message will create an empty tooltip or when used as `<info />` causing a failure +* [#1610](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1610) Fixed a potential exception in the `postgres` implementation when creating temporary tables +* [#1628](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1628) Fixed exception when `NumberValue` tries to use a `NULL` as numeric value. +* [#1638](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1638) Fixed possible invalid property in case the label contains `[` + + +## Internal changes + +* [#1235](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1235) Improve query performance in `PropertyUsageListLookup` +* [#1023](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1023) Split the `DocumentationParserFunction` +* [#1264](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1264) Removed `pg_unescape_bytea` special handling for `postgres` in the `ResultPrinter` +* [#1276](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1276) Extended `QueryResultSerializer` (relevant for the API output) to export the raw output of a time related value +* [#1281](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1281) Extended `QueryResultSerializer` to export the internal property key +* [#1291](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1291) Added `DescriptionProcessor` to isolate code path from the `SMWQueryParser` +* [#1319](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1319) Switched from Sesame 2.7.14 to 2.8.7 in the CI environment +* [#1382](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1382) Added `DispatchingDataValueFormatter` and `ValueFormatterRegistry` +* [#1385](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1385) Added `StringValueFormatter` and `CodeStringValueFormatter` +* [#1388](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1388) Added `TimeValueFormatter` +* [#1421](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1421) Added `DeferredDependencyLinksUpdater` to avoid violations reported by `TransactionProfiler` in MW 1.26+ +* [#1417](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1417) Added `PermissionPthValidator` together with new the `smwcurator` group and `smw-patternedit` right +* [#1435](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1435) Added `DeferredCallableUpdate` (together with `$GLOBALS['smwgEnabledDeferredUpdate']`) to support MW's `DeferrableUpdate` interface (i.e. to support queuing DB related transactions) +* [#1445](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1445) Added `userlang` as `ParserOutput` option +* [#1451](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1451) Added `ExtraneousLanguage` interface +* [#1460](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1460) Requires PHP extension mbstring in `composer.json` +* [#1482](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1482) Added the `SMW::FileUpload::BeforeUpdate` hook +* [#1512](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1512) Fixed test suite to support PHP7 +* [#1575](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1575) Removed `smw_subobject` from `PropertyListLookup` query +* [#1591](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1591) Added `IntlNumberFormatter` +* [#1593](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1593) Added `NumberValueFormatter` +* [#1601](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1601) Added `InfoLinksProvider` +* [#1606](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1606) Disabled DB transactions in `QueryEngine` to avoid potential issues when creating temporary tables +* [#1626](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1626) Added `EntityIdListRelevanceDetectionFilter` and `TemporaryEntityListAccumulator` in #1627 +* [#1635](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/pull/1635) Switched from Fuseki 1.1.0 to 2.4.0 in the CI environment +* Most updates now occur in [deferred mode](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Deferred_updates) +to conform with [T92357](https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T92357) Extensions that wish to extend +data objects are encouraged to use hooks and avoid conflicts when updates are queued. + + +## Contributors + +* James Hong Kong +* Jeroen De Dauw +* Karsten Hoffmeyer +* Felipe de Jong +* Florian Schmidt +* Niklas Laxström +* Ahmad Gharbeia +* Stephan Gambke +* Amir E. Aharoni +* Siebrand Mazeland +* Cindy Cicalese +* Hangya +* Sébastien Beyou +* Aaron Schulz +* Jaider Andrade Ferreira +* Kunal Mehta +* Ori Livneh +* Peter Grassberger +* Reedy +* Vitaliy Filippov +* Wolfgang Fahl +* Alexander Gesinn +* TranslateWiki.net translators |