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We are not aiming for the big thing, or integration with a world-wide semantic web. BattleMaster is it's own small world, with more well-defined terms and boundaries than the real world (where, for example, it isn't always clear what exactly a "realm" even '''is'''). As such, it is well-suited to using the Semantic Web technology.
 
We are not aiming for the big thing, or integration with a world-wide semantic web. BattleMaster is it's own small world, with more well-defined terms and boundaries than the real world (where, for example, it isn't always clear what exactly a "realm" even '''is'''). As such, it is well-suited to using the Semantic Web technology.
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* Do we want to add [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Halo_Extension Halo] ?

Revision as of 01:07, 4 February 2009

Introduction

The BattleMaster Wiki uses Semantic MediaWiki to turn itself into a full-blown Semantic Web.

What does that mean when we strip out the buzzwords?

It means that - with proper markup - the wiki "understands" its own content, and can generate answers to fairly complicated questions such as "which realms (on any island) have the highest population-to-nobles ratios?" - not because any human has actually done the math, but because the wiki contains information about the realms, their populations and the number of nobles in them, and can do the math itself.

Yes, we can use external data sources and with time the game will be extended to offer them. That means that Semantic Web also means you do not have to hand-craft (and update constantly) the boxes that contain basic realm data such as name, regions, population, etc.


Scope

We are not aiming for the big thing, or integration with a world-wide semantic web. BattleMaster is it's own small world, with more well-defined terms and boundaries than the real world (where, for example, it isn't always clear what exactly a "realm" even is). As such, it is well-suited to using the Semantic Web technology.


TODO / Questions

  • Do we want to add Halo ?