Module:Person/config

This holds the configuration for Module:Person/class.

Usage

local config = mw.loadData( 'Module:Person/config' )

---

return {
	-- **********************
	-- * mandatory settings *
	-- **********************
	
	-- this is your type of entity
	entityType = 'Person',
	
	-- this is the category, the entities of the class will be put in
	category = 'Persons',
	
	-- lists all available pairs "template parameter" -> "semantic property"
	-- if you want to have a field in the template without storing it semantically, set it to true
	parameters = {
		firstname			= 'has firstname',
		lastname			= 'has lastname',
		['date of birth']	= 'was born on',
		gender				= 'has gender',
		profession			= 'works as',
	},

	-- tell the class, which fields are mandatory
	-- for every argument in this list not present on your page's template call,
	-- an error will be displayed
	mandatory = { 'firstname', 'firstname', 'gender' },
	
	-- these fields possibly contain more than one value
	listFields = { 'profession' },
	
	-- separator used in list fields
	delimiter = ',',

	-- *********************
	-- * optional settings *
	-- *********************
	-- the headline of the entity's page
	headline = 'This is a page about a person',

	-- INFOBOX CONFIG HERE
	-- here you can disable your infobox
	omitInfoBox = false,

	-- this is the name of the field, used as title in the infobox
	titleField = 'name',
	
	-- this defines, which fields are put into your infobox and in which order
	infoboxConfig = {
		-- for every row in your infobox, add a table here, containing at least the entry "field" which
		-- refers to the data field to display. if you omit the entry "label", the field will be displayed
		-- over both columns
		{ field = 'firstname', label = 'Firstname' },
		{ field = 'lastname', label = 'Lastname' },
		{ field = 'date of birth', label = 'Date of birth' },
		{ field = 'gender', label = 'Gender' },
		{ field = 'profession', label = 'Profession' },
		-- why is this not defined as an array: lua does not maintain the order of items in an array but accesses them randomly
	},
	
	-- configure here, which fields should be linked (or form-linked)
	linkFields = {
		-- if a field is set to true, it will be linked
		-- if it is set to a string, #formlink will be used
		profession	= true,
	},
}