Links in values

This help page on links in values describes the possibility to add links using wikitext like e.g. [[...]] (internal links) or [...] (external links) or even an annotation [[Property::Property value]] within the property values added/annotated to datatype "Text"Holds text of arbitrary length with in-text annotations.

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Important notes

• By default, it is impossible to do this, and the property value will not be added to the property. In must be enabled for the wiki with configuration parameter $smwgParserFeaturesSets the behaviour of features related to text and annotation parsing (SMW ≥ 3.0.0) or configuration parameter $smwgLinksInValuesSets whether internal links in values for properties of datatype "Text" may be stored within property values (SWM ≤ 2.5.8) respectively.
• When accessed the annotated values via browsing interfaces, e.g. special page "Browse"Shows all properties and their values annotated to a page etc. the annotated links will not render as HTML.

Annotation examples

Data value containing an internal and external link

Syntax

[[Has text::This text contains an internal link to the [[Main Page]] of this wiki and an external link to the [https://sandbox.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page] of another wiki.]]

Result

This text contains an internal link to the Semantic MediaWiki of this wiki and an external link to the Main Page of another wiki.

→ Annotation as seen with special page "Browse"

Data value containing an annotation

This is only possible starting with Semantic MediaWiki 2.5.0Released on 14 March 2017 and compatible with MW 1.23.0 - 1.29.x..1

Syntax

[[Has text::This text contains an annotated internal link to the [[Has page::Main Page]] of this wiki.]]

Result

This text contains an annotated internal link to the Semantic MediaWiki of this wiki.

→ Annotation as seen with special page "Browse"

Data value containing a hidden annotation

This is only possible starting with Semantic MediaWiki 3.1.0Released on 23 September 2019 and compatible with MW 1.31.0 - 1.33.x..2

Syntax

[[Has text::This text contains an annotated internal link to the [[Has page::Main Page]] of this wiki.|]]

Result

This text contains an annotated internal link to the Semantic MediaWiki of this wiki.|

→ Annotation as seen with special page "Browse"

See also

• Help page on in-text annotation
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgParserFeaturesSets the behaviour of features related to text and annotation parsing (SMW ≥ 3.0.0) or configuration parameter $smwgLinksInValuesSets whether internal links in values for properties of datatype "Text" may be stored within property values (SWM ≤ 2.5.8)
• Demo page on links in values - Describes a pre Semantic MediaWiki 2.5.0 workaround using the parser function #set avoiding to enable links in values via configuration.