Help:Using Templates in the DNZ

Basic DNZ page structure

• Volume Level Pages
  • Volume dkar chag - Wylie
  • Volume dkar chag - Tibetan
  • Volume dkar chag - Translation
    • Volume Bibliography
• Text Level Pages
  • Text Wylie
  • Text Tibetan
  • Text Translation

Templates in Use on the DNZ

Header Templates

• Text Level Header Templates - the wylie and Tibetan versions of the text and the translation
  • Template:Text Wylie- ("Wylie" namespace) - contains metadata
  • Template:Text Tibetan - ("Tibetan" namespace)
  • Template:Text Translation - ("Draft" namespace) - contains partial metadata

• Volume Level Header Templates, the wylie and Tibetan versions of the text and the translation
  • Template:Volume Wylie - contains metadata
  • Template:Volume Tibetan
  • Template:Volume Translation
  • Template:Volume Bibliography

Function Templates

• Template:Get Text Info
  • Enables you to retrieve the Text Wylie:metadata from any Text Level page or their subpages (for the current text group)
  • Example:

• Template:Get Vol Info
  • Enables you to retrieve the associated Volume Wylie:metadata from any Text Level page or their subpages
  • Example:

Other Templates

• Template:Translation Info
• Template:Volume Bibliography Link
• Template:Translation Category Page
• Template:Nitartha Thanks
• Template:DRL Tibetan text categories - Function is being migrated to the Text Wylie template as of Jan 11, 2013.

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Other Useful Things

Old Templates?

• Template:Text Vol Info
• Template:WylieFromTranslation

Semantic Calls

[[Category:{{#show:{{Get Text Info|translation#}}|?translator#}}]]

base useful queries

These are contained in the Function Templates to make it easier to use

• Get volwylie from text wylie page:
• Get voltitleeng from vol wylie page:The page type input value "Wylie:" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.