Editing
- Introduction
- Formatting
- Images
- Categorizing
- Namespaces
- Linking
- Client articles
- Special articles
- Templates
- Wizards
Introduction
Introduction
- For the basics about MediaWiki please read MediaWiki FAQ
- In the beginning, the Cheatsheat is very useful
Most frequently asked
Acceptance criteria
Any article should meet the following general acceptance criteria
- Is the article structured logically and coherently?
- Can the reader be directed to any other article (eg See also...)?
- Is the article categorized into at least one category?
- If the article links to other articles, check whether or not they exist?
- Check the article for integrity and correctness in regards of technical descriptions. Test the described procedure and verify possible dependencies on versions.
- Check the article for linguistic correctness in regards to grammar and style.
- Images are prepared as described here
- Templates are used if appropriate, find a list of templates here
- Meet all (additional) requirements defined in this guideline
Formatting
Reference articles
Please have a look at the following reference articles
- Entity Data Model, Class Browser
- Metaclasses: METACLASSSCOPE, QUERYSCOPE
- Classifications: SYSCLS TASK, SYSCLS THUMBNAILEDFILE (with properties)
- How-To: Create a new MetaClass
Texts
Descriptive text
Descriptive text should be left aligned and in the standard font, without any additional formatting.
Emphasizing
If you want to emphasize something, use bold style.
Colors
Colors should be used very sparingly and only if they really contribute to the better understanding of a text.
UI
If you want to refer to the exact name of something in the UI of UBIK®, use italic style.
Headlines
Use the general headline formatting, type in regular case.
Infoboxes
Infoboxes should be used as an introduction for articles that have a useful common denominator. They will appear at the top right ans summarize the article in Keywords and/or pictures. Currently there is a template for a Control Infobox implemented that should be used for all articles about UBIK® controls.
Lists
There are two types of lists that can be used:
Bullets
Use a bullets if you want to list several (short) statements of the same area, which are not chronologically connected. Do not use punctuation for bulleted items.
- Statement
- Another Statement
In addition, if you want to list certain tasks that do not follow a particular order you can use right arrows:
→ Task a
→ Task b
Numbered list
Use numbered list if the items are chronologically connected and have to be executed one after the other. Do not use punctuation for bulleted items.
- Do this first
- then do this
- end finally, do this
If you want to add special formatted content, like <syntaxhighlight> tags within the numbered items, use one of the following workarounds to preserve continuous numbering:
# Item 1 # Item 2 <!-- --><syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> <Node1>Value1</Node1> </syntaxhighlight> # Item 3 # Item 4 <br /><syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> <Node1>Value1</Node1> </syntaxhighlight> # Item 5
Using a HTML comment <!-- --> OR <br/> for the line break prevents that the numbered list is broken and numbering starts over:
- Item 1
- Item 2 <Node1>Value1</Node1>
- Item 3
- Item 4 <Node1>Value1</Node1>
- Item 5
Obeying this syntax it is also possible to use the {{Hint}} and {{Attention}} templates:
# Item 1 # Item 2 <!-- -->{{Hint|asdfasdf}} # Item 3 # Item 4 <!-- -->{{Attention|asdfasdf}} # Item 5
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
- Item 4
- Item 5
Tables
Use the WikiTable like in the following example:
{| class="wikitable sortable" | width = "50%"
|- ! Columns 1!! Column 2
|- | Row 1.1|| Row 1.2
|- | Row 2.1|| Row 2.2
|- | Row 3.1|| Row 3.2
|- |}
will result in
Columns 1 | Column 2 |
---|---|
Row 1.1 | Row 1.2 |
Row 2.1 | Row 2.2 |
Row 3.1 | Row 3.2 |
For larger data, the sortable table might be more useful:
{| class="wikitable sortable" | width = "50%"
|- ! Columns 1!! Column 2
|- | Row 1.1|| Row 1.2
|- | Row 2.1|| Row 2.2
|- | Row 3.1|| Row 3.2
|- |}
will result in
Columns 1 | Column 2 |
---|---|
Row 1.1 | Row 1.2 |
Row 2.1 | Row 2.2 |
Row 3.1 | Row 3.2 |
Code
Use either a leading blank to format text as source code, or the <code>-Tag
for regular code highlighting.
For highlighting a syntax of a specific programming language, use the syntaxhighlight-Tag (values for lang are for example: csharp, xml, ...).
<syntaxhighlight lang="csharp"> // Hello World in Microsoft C#. using System; class HelloWorld { public static int Main(String[] args) { Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!"); return 0; } } </syntaxhighlight>
which will result in
using System;
class HelloWorld
{
public static int Main(String[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
}
Images
Wiki specific templates
Check the list of images for this Wiki.
Naming conventions
To obtain some kind of categorization the name of new images must start with one a prefix. Choose the most appropriate one from the below list:
Prefix | Description | Examples |
---|---|---|
UI_ | screenshots of UBIK® Studio, UBIK® Client, Windows (IIS, SQL, Excel, ...) | UBIK UI |
IL_ | Illustrations (diagrams, fractions of slides, ...) | - |
SY_ | UBIK® symbols (e.g. images for MetaClass, BASECLASS, relations, ...) | - |
IC_ | small graphics (icons, arrows, ...) | UBIK Icons |
Formats
Supporting images
Supporting images must be formatted as thumb
to make them appear on the right side, with the following dimensions:
- Images in portrait format with 170 pixels width
- Images in landscape format with 220 pixels width
Example: [[File:Example.jpg|220px|thumb|border|alt=Example|Example]]
Descriptive images
Images as part of the descriptive article text can be placed inline, like for emphasizing a certain manual visually, with the following dimensions:
- Images in landscape should not exceed 700 pixels width
- Images in portrait should not exceed 700 pixels height
Example: [[File:Example.jpg|700px|border|alt=Example|Example]]
Borders
Use the border parameter in the tag for the embedded image, for example [[File:Example.jpg|border]]
results in
Use image captions if appropriate to describe the image and to create a relation to the text.
Gallery style
If there is the need to place a series of images within the text use the gallery tag with an appropriate width and height
<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
File:Example.jpg|1 - Example
File:Example.jpg|2 - Example
File:Example.jpg|3 - Example
</gallery>
which results in
{{Clear}} Template
If one or more images should be located next to the descriptive text but which is organized in several sections, use the {{Clear}} template. Have a look at the below section example:
Section 1 starts here
Some text 1
Watch that section 2 starts after some spacing.
Section 2 starts here
Some text 2
Categorizing
Each article must be assigned to at least one category and a maximum of 3 categories.
- If you feel an article fits into more than 3 categories, consider splitting it into multiple articles
- If you feel an article fits into no category, consider merging it into another article OR use at least the category UBIK
- Do not create new categories every time - check if an existing fits to your needs.
Sub Categories
A new sub category can be created by pasting a category within the source of another category page.
Sort Key
Use sort keys for articles and subcategories, e.g. objects of category Classifications, so that the article is sorted by a propery sort key instead of S always.
Example: [[Category:System Classifications|T]]
Category Tree
The articles and categories are evaluated by the Category Tree extension and used on the SiteMap page.
Namespaces
Certain types of articles should be assigned to a namespace, which is simply done by adding a namespace-prefix in front of the article name like HowTo:Assign_a_Namespace
Find a list of namespaces and how its realted to a main category below.
Main category | Namespace | Example |
---|---|---|
How-To | HowTo | HowTo:Assign_a_Namespace |
FAQ | FAQ | FAQ:UBIK_Studio |
Activity | Activity | Activity:DebugMessage |
Linking
Internal linking is a good thing, but it must not be used too extensively. Link to the articles that make sense in context of the manual, especially when they are about fundamental principles of UBIK®, like for example the MetaClass article. Link to each keyword only once in an article, at first appearance of the keyword.
External links only make sense if the target article supports in comprehending an article, for example a certain standard or norm that is used by or in UBIK®, i.e. ISO15926.
Download links
Use the {{FileLink|1|2}} template to create download links within wiki articles, like Start_Screen_Configuration.zip
Client articles
There are four types of pages related to client documentation,
- Features (technical documentation, etc.)
- How-Tos
- FAQ
- Version pages
Documentation related to the different platforms (Android, Windows and Web) should be placed as within those pages as described below.
Page types
Features
Features and behavior of the clients sometimes have a rather big overlap, especially how it is documented. On the other side, due to different platforms we have varying UI elements in both, form and handling. Nevertheless, documentation should be kept to a minimum and hence, the features described in the most generic way possible. The parts which differ in between the platforms (UI, handling, etc.) should be described in different sections and by using according screenshots. Add a suffix to the section's name or figure's title, which is
- (Android) ... for Android client
- (Windows) ... for Windows client
- (Web) ... for the Web client
→ See Map View or Live Values for examples.
How-Tos
Platform / component specific documentation is to be placed onto distinctive tabs. Hence, the information is placed onto the following tabs
- Studio: describing actions to be performed with UBIK Studio
- Android: describing actions performed in the Android client
- Windows: describing actions performed in the Windows client
- Web: describing actions performed in the Web client
→ See Install UBIK Client Certificate for an example
FAQ
An additional tab Windows is added to the FAQ page for the clients. FAQs related to the Windows client is to be placed here.
→ See Client for an example
Version pages
Separate version pages are created for the Windows client, rather similar to the version pages for Android or the Server.
Categories
Assign the platform related category Android, Windows, Web to pages, respectively.
Special articles
HowTos
Create a How-To to describe HOW to solve a certain issue. The given instructions should be clear and easy to follow, therefore use screenshots (server and client side) to document your explanations. Use a descriptive name for the How-To article, such that already describes the content.
Place images within the items of the numbered list (its width should remain 220 pixels width in landscape or 170 pixels height in portrait orientation). |
FAQ
Create or edit a FAQ page to provide answers to questions or issues the reader would ask using WHY, WHO, WHEN, etc. Provide a short answer, which probably also includes a few instructions.
If the issue requires more detailed explanations refer to an existing wiki article or create a new one.
Templates
Wiki specific templates
Check the list of templates for a comprehensive list of available templates in this Wiki. |
Download links
Use the {{FileLink|1|2}} template to create download links within wiki articles, like Start_Screen_Configuration.zip.
Attention
Use the Attention template to draw attention to a certain sentence:
{{Attention|Please don't miss this sentence!}}
will result in
Hints
Use the Hint template to outline useful tips and hints:
{{Hint|You should read this, it will simplify your work!}}
will result in
HintEvents
Use HintEvents to outline that the type has specific events.
{{HintEvents}}
will result in
There are specific events available for this type! |
HintMethods
Use HintMethods to outline that the type has specific events.
{{HintMethods}}
will result in
There are specific methods available for this type! |
Infoboxes
See also the list of available Infoboxes templates.
Other useful templates
- The KeyPress template allows you to display keyboard commands, so
{{key press|Ctrl|W}}
will result in Ctrl+W - Use the UBIK MetaModel template to refer to the data model:
- UBIK® MetaModel
- A descriptive model, where objects provide information about the aspects of the data, is also called “Metamodel”.
Template list
A list of available templates can be found here List of Templates
Wizards
The Editing Wizard offers a convenient way to create articles having a pre-defined structure and purpose.
Category | Preload template | Example |
---|---|---|
How-To | Template:HowTo/Preload | HowTo/Preload |
Activity | Template:Activity/Preload | Activity/Preload |