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Looking at the discussion about [[todo/structured_page_data]], it looks a bit like folks are bogged down in figuring out what *markup* to use for structured page data, something I doubt that people will really agree on. And thus, little progress is made.
I propose that, rather than worry about what the data looks like, that we take a similar approach
to the way Revision Control Systems are used in ikiwiki: a front-end + back-end approach.
The front-end would be a common interface, where queries are made about the structured data,
and there would be any number of back-ends, which could use whatever markup or format that they desired.
To that purpose, I've written the [[plugins/contrib/field]] plugin for a possible front-end.
I called it "field" because each page could be considered a "record" where one could request the values of "fields" of that record.
The idea is that back-end plugins would register functions which can be called when the value of a field is desired.
This is gone into in more depth on the plugin page itself, but I would appreciate feedback and improvements on the approach.
I think it could be really powerful and useful, especially if it becomes part of ikiwiki proper.
--[[KathrynAndersen]]