Community:SummerOfCode11:MediaWikiParser: Difference between revisions

Community:SummerOfCode11:MediaWikiParser (view source)

Revision as of 18:37, 25 February 2011

No change in size , 25 February 2011

Link to updated design doc.

Erikrose

Confirmed users

574

edits

Revision as of 02:12, 25 February 2011 (view source) Erikrose (talk \| contribs) (Created page with "MediaWiki is the dominant wiki syntax in the wild, largely due to the influence of Wikipedia. It was chosen as the language for SUMO's knowledge base during our migration from Ti...")		Revision as of 18:37, 25 February 2011 (view source) Erikrose (talk \| contribs) (Link to updated design doc.) Newer edit →
Line 4:		Line 4:
	# Right now, it's impossible to translate wiki snippets (forum posts, for example) to plain text for inclusion in emails.		# Right now, it's impossible to translate wiki snippets (forum posts, for example) to plain text for inclusion in emails.

	We propose to implement a new MediaWiki parser using proper parsing techniques: generating a parse tree, manipulating it, and then outputting (at least initially) HTML. Erik Rose has already done some research toward this: see the continually developing [http://github.com/erikrose/mediawiki-parser/blob/master/~~design~~.~~txt~~ design document] and some [http://github.com/erikrose/mediawiki-parser/blob/master/lexer.py initial] [http://github.com/erikrose/mediawiki-parser/blob/master/parser.py code].		We propose to implement a new MediaWiki parser using proper parsing techniques: generating a parse tree, manipulating it, and then outputting (at least initially) HTML. Erik Rose has already done some research toward this: see the continually developing [http://github.com/erikrose/mediawiki-parser/blob/master/README.rst design document] and some [http://github.com/erikrose/mediawiki-parser/blob/master/lexer.py initial] [http://github.com/erikrose/mediawiki-parser/blob/master/parser.py code].