Grants:Project/XML Boiler for Wikipedia

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XML Boiler for Wikipedia

summaryComplete XML Boiler (particularly its D version) project and start integrating it into Wikipedia as an alternative markup language.

targetMediaWiki

amount28800 (can be increased or decreased at discretion of the community)

grantee• VictorPorton• VictorPorton

contact• porton@narod.ru

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created on23:41, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

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Project idea

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

What problem are you trying to solve by doing this project? This problem should be small enough that you expect it to be completely or mostly resolved by the end of this project. Remember to review the tutorial for tips on how to answer this question.

Currently MediaWiki markup language is a mess, both for humans and computers. Processing, editing, extracting data, validation, data interchange, etc. is too hard. Need to switch to a flexible, strictly standardized XML format.

What is your solution to this problem?

For the problem you identified in the previous section, briefly describe your how you would like to address this problem. We recognize that there are many ways to solve a problem. We’d like to understand why you chose this particular solution, and why you think it is worth pursuing. Remember to review the tutorial for tips on how to answer this question.

We should use my software XML Boiler based on my specification to allow usage of advanced, flexible XML markup for MediaWiki pages. It should be easily extensible, based on XML namespaces. Due to the interoperability issues we need to run XML Boiler as separate process(es). XML Boiler is the only software for flexible, extensible XML processing. So namely this software is to be the base of the future MediaWiki markup language.

Existing software description.

Project goals

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1. finishing rewriting XML Boiler in D for good performance and reliability
2. integration of XML Boiler with MediaWiki
3. ability to write MediaWiki pages in XML
4. infrastructure for XML-based plugins of MediaWiki
5. sketch of a new standard of markup for MediaWiki

Project impact

How will you know if you have met your goals?

For each of your goals, we’d like you to answer the following questions:

1. During your project, what will you do to achieve this goal? (These are your outputs.)
2. Once your project is over, how will it continue to positively impact the Wikimedia community or projects? (These are your outcomes.)

For each of your answers, think about how you will capture this information. Will you capture it with a survey? With a story? Will you measure it with a number? Remember, if you plan to measure a number, you will need to set a numeric target in your proposal (i.e. 45 people, 10 articles, 100 scanned documents). Remember to review the tutorial for tips on how to answer this question.

1. I will finish rewriting XML Boiler in D
2. I will integrate it with MediaWiki (probably in the form of a "daemon")
3. I will write some MediaWiki-specific XML conversion/validation scripts as a sketch for community review
4. I will create examples of XML markup

1. It will improve future interoperability between individual parts of MediaWiki and between MediaWiki and other projects. For example, it is a future replacement of structured data as it is now.

I am motivated to work on this project because I love both my XML Boiler and MediaWiki.

Do you have any goals around participation or content?

Are any of your goals related to increasing participation within the Wikimedia movement, or increasing/improving the content on Wikimedia projects? If so, we ask that you look through these three metrics, and include any that are relevant to your project. Please set a numeric target against the metrics, if applicable.

Project plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. What will you and other organizers spend your time doing? What will you have done at the end of your project? How will you follow-up with people that are involved with your project?

1. I will rewrite XML Boiler in D, by the way producing some new D foundational libraries.
2. Then I will integrate it with MediaWiki and write sketches of particular transformation scripts.

Budget

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I want $2400/month salary to make for me possible to work on this project.

If you give more, I can hire a SEO company to advertise XML Boiler and this project for other developers to participate.

So $28800 as an estimation. The sum is not final and may vary on a community decision.

Community engagement

How will you let others in your community know about your project? Why are you targeting a specific audience? How will you engage the community you’re aiming to serve at various points during your project? Community input and participation helps make projects successful.

I will create a github.io site and write on WikiMedia meta sites.

Get involved

Participants

Please use this section to tell us more about who is working on this project. For each member of the team, please describe any project-related skills, experience, or other background you have that might help contribute to making this idea a success.

Victor Porton

Python, D, OOP, patterns, dependency injection, XML, RDF, XSLT, XML Schema.

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• Talk:MediaWiki

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