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The search input supports the use of the semantic query syntax to help match results using Semantic MediaWiki.

×Cheat sheet

A [[ ... ]] input will signal to the input processor to use the Semantic MediaWiki search back-end. It should be noted that combining [[ ... ]] with an unstructured text search such as [[ ... ]] OR Lorem ipsum is not supported.

Input and search

Structured searches:

[[Category:Lorem ipsum]], [[Has number::123]] (as filtered context)

[[Has text::~*lorem*]] (with a query context)

Proximity searches (a property being unknown, only available for those back-ends that provide a full-text search integration):

[[in:lorem ipsum]] (search in all documents for "lorem" and "ipsum" that have been indexed)

[[phrase:lorem ipsum]] (match "lorem ipsum" as phrase)

Syntax

The following links will explain how to use the #ask syntax.

Selecting pages describes how to selected pages and build conditions

Search operators lists available search operators including those for range and wildcard queries

Content pages
Multimedia
Everything
Advanced
Extended

×Cheat sheet

The Special:Search extended profile provides access to search functions specific to Semantic MediaWiki and its supported query backend.

Search input

The search input field supports the use of the #ask syntax to define a Semantic MediaWiki specific search context. Useful expressions include:

in: to find anything that contains "..." and is especially useful when the search context or properties involved are unknown (e.g. in:(lorem && ipsum) is equivalent to [[~~*lorem*]] && [[~~*ipsum*]]).

phrase: to find anything that contains "..." in the exact same order

has: to match any entity with a property "..." (e.g. has:(Foo && Bar) is equivalent to [[Foo::+]] && [[Bar::+]])

not: to not match any entity that includes "..."

Some expressions are reserved such as: '&&', 'AND', '||', 'OR', '(', ')', '[[', ']]'

Some of the listed operations are only useful in connection with an enabled full-text index or the ElasticStore.

Sort by

Specifies a sorting preference for the result display with:

"Title" using the page title (or display title) as sort criteria

"Most recent" will show the most recent modified entities first (subobject entities will be suppressed as those entities are not annotated with a Modification date)

Forms

Forms are provided (if maintained) to match specific use cases by exposing different property and value fields to narrow down the input process and make it easy for users to proceed with a search request. (see available forms)

Namespace

The namespace selection box will be hidden as soon as a form is selected but can be made visible with the help of the "show/hide" button.

Advanced search

Search in namespaces:

Check:

(Main)	Talk
User	User talk
Project	Project talk
File	File talk

MediaWiki	MediaWiki talk
Template	Template talk
Help	Help talk
Category	Category talk

Property	Property talk
Form	Form talk
Concept	Concept talk
smw/schema	smw/schema talk

Rule	Rule talk
Widget	Widget talk
Campaign	Campaign talk
Module	Module talk

Gadget	Gadget talk
Gadget definition	Gadget definition talk
DB	DB talk
CR	CR talk

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