Export enhancements

Placeholder for notes on Export Enhancements.

Extend the Extension:Collection to provide an API

Basic Use Case: Be able to use the collection extension from the cmd line.

Interface (list of function from Collection.php)

• CollectionAddArticle
• CollectionRemoveArticle
• CollectionAddCategory
• CollectionAddChapter
• CollectionRenameChapter
• CollectionSetTitles
• CollectionSetSorting
• CollectionClear
• CollectionSuggestAction (ban, add, remove, undo)
• CollectionGetBookCreatorBoxContent
• CollectionGetItemList
• GetMWServeStatus

irrelevant functions (i.e. interactive mode only):

• CollectionGetPopupData

Add Collection extension support to dumpHTML, and dumpBackup

Use case: Allow for easier export of portions of a wiki.

Tasks

• Add --collection= flag to each script

Add dumpHTML and dumpBackup support for Collection

Use case: Allow users to export HTML and XML using the Collection interface.

Tasks

• Remove the article count limit for dumpHTML/dumpBackup formats
• Add support for adding a category, without expanding the category's article list

Provide parsed & semantically annotated XML of article text (dumps & API)

Use case: Make it easier to reuse the data. This was the #1 recommendation of the Wikimedia Strategy Offline Task Force.

How to get there

• Build a list of missing semantic information in the current XHTML output
• Subclass the parser and add
  • semantic information where it is currently missing
  • offer control over how templates are expanded
  • add the new functionality to the API