Knowledge Wiki Forever

This page collects working examples of features available in the updated NeoWiki installation on this wiki.

Subject rendering with {{#view}}

The updated NeoWiki can render a Subject directly on a page.

Source:

{{#view:s1demo1aaaaaaa1}}

Result:

Read values inline with {{#neowiki_value}}

This parser function lets wikitext read structured data without writing Lua or Cypher.

Source:

Founded year: {{#neowiki_value:Founded at|page=ACME Inc}}
Products: {{#neowiki_value:Products|page=ACME Inc|separator=, }}
Museum visitors: {{#neowiki_value:Annual visitors|page=Rijksmuseum}}
Website: {{#neowiki_value:Websites|page=ACME Inc}}

Result:

• Founded year: 2005
• Products: Foo,Bar,Baz
• Museum visitors: 2700000
• Website: https://acme.example

Run read-only Cypher with {{#cypher_raw}}

The updated NeoWiki keeps the raw Cypher parser function for debugging and exploration.

Source:

{{#cypher_raw:MATCH (m:Museum) RETURN m.name AS name, m.`Annual visitors` AS visitors ORDER BY visitors DESC LIMIT 5}}

Result:

[
    {
        "name": "Mus\u00e9e d'Orsay",
        "visitors": 3270000
    },
    {
        "name": "Museo del Prado",
        "visitors": 3200000
    },
    {
        "name": "Rijksmuseum",
        "visitors": 2700000
    },
    {
        "name": "Kunsthistorisches Museum",
        "visitors": 1800000
    }
]

Special pages and page-level subject management

The newer UI adds or improves dedicated management surfaces.

• Special:Schemas for schema administration
• Special:Layouts for layout administration
• ACME Inc data tab for page-level subject management

Lua API via mw.neowiki

The newer Lua API is one of the biggest additions. It exposes structured data directly to Scribunto modules.

local nw = require( 'mw.neowiki' )

local founded = nw.getValue( 'Founded at', { page = 'ACME Inc' } )
local products = nw.getAll( 'Products', { page = 'ACME Inc' } )
local subject = nw.getMainSubject( 'ACME Inc' )
local sameSubject = nw.getSubject( 's1demo1aaaaaaa1' )
local children = nw.getChildSubjects( 'ACME Inc' )
local schema = nw.getSchema( 'Company' )
local museums = nw.query(
    'MATCH (m:Museum) RETURN m.name AS name, m.`Annual visitors` AS visitors ORDER BY visitors DESC LIMIT 3'
)

Functions now documented and available in the updated extension include:

• getValue
• getAll
• getMainSubject
• getSubject
• getChildSubjects
• getSchema
• query

REST API examples

NeoWiki now has a documented REST surface under /neowiki/v0/*.

GET /rest.php/neowiki/v0/subject/s1demo1aaaaaaa1
GET /rest.php/neowiki/v0/schema/Company
GET /rest.php/neowiki/v0/layout/{layoutName}
GET /rest.php/neowiki/v0/layouts
GET /rest.php/neowiki/v0/page/{pageId}/subjects
PUT /rest.php/neowiki/v0/subject/{subjectId}

If you want the generated OpenAPI spec exposed on this wiki, enable it in LocalSettings.php:

$wgRestAPIAdditionalRouteFiles[] = 'includes/Rest/specs.v0.json';

Newer property-type support

The updated NeoWiki adds stronger support for select and dateTime property types, including better validation and editing behavior.

Example schema snippets:

{
  "name": "Status",
  "type": "select",
  "options": [
    { "id": "active", "label": "Active" },
    { "id": "paused", "label": "Paused" }
  ]
}

{
  "name": "Launch time",
  "type": "dateTime",
  "required": true
}

Layouts and multiple presentations

Layouts now have a more complete editing and management workflow. The key entry point is Special:Layouts.

The idea is that one Subject can be shown in multiple ways depending on context, while the underlying structured data remains the same.

Notes

This page is intentionally a compact feature showcase for the newer NeoWiki build now running on this wiki.