Released on January 1, 2012.
- Added native "internal objects" that can be set using #subobject.
- Added support for selecting a default graph when using RDF stores, configuration called $smwgSparqlDefaultGraph
- Use of native MediaWiki sortable tables for the table formats.
- Added value distribution functionality that can be used by result formats.
- Added validation and manipulation of the 'format' parameter using Validator.
- Added 'class' parameter to the 'table' format, which allows setting the CSS class.
- Added automatically-generated CSS classes for rows and cells in 'table' format.
- Added alpha version of native SMW Ask API with modules 'ask' and 'askargs'.
- Added alpha version of a new ask query interface: Special:QueryCreator.
- Added setting to choose which optional special properties are enabled ($smwgPageSpecialProperties).
- Added creation date special property (disabled by default) (bug 32165).
- Added support for altitudes in geographic coordinates (bug 32698).
- Added definitions for missing params (sort, order, searchlabel) to the base query printer.
- Added automatic invocation of the SMW_setup maintenance script when running update.php (for MW >= 1.19).
- Added support for the Page Schemas extension.
- Removed defunct "SMWLight" files.
- Fixed separator and filename parameters for the DSV format.
- Fixed display of properties of type URL (bug 30912).
- Fixed hide query functionality on Special:Ask (bug 30768).
- Fixed display of internal SMW helper constants in certain queries (bug 30969).
- Fixed some issues with the category result format (including bug 30761).
- Fixed email validation issue (bug 32295).
- Fixed incorrect handling of sort and order parameters on Special:Ask (bug 32706).
- Fixed display of images to old behavior after a recent regression.
- Fixed fatal error in the concept cache maintenance script (bug 32592).
- Fixed factbox links to Special:SearchByProperty containing numerical numbers for wikis in languages with the comma as decimal separator instead of a dot.
- Fixed the "hide incoming properties" link on Special:Browse.
- Fixed several more issues not listed here.
- Dropped compatibility with MediaWiki 1.15.x (and earlier).
- Dropped compatibility with old-style (SMW < 1.6) query printers.
- Full compatibility with MediaWiki 1.18 and foreward-compatibility with 1.19.
== SMW 1.7.0.2 ==
Released on January 16, 2012.
- Fixed creation of concept cache and display of matching objects on concept pages (bug 32592, 32718).
- Fixed fatal error occurring for some invalid property definitions (bug 33652).
- Fixed error in RSS when using creator or date parameters (bug 33721).
- Fixed incorrect offset of export formats (bug 33726).
== SMW 1.7.0.1 ==
Released on January 9, 2012.
- Fixed bug in "further results" links causing the main column to be displayed twice on Special:Ask (bug 33473).
- Fixed incorrect case-sensitivity of the format parameter (bug 31138).
- Fixed internationalization of magic words.
- Fixed offset and limit value in further results links (bug 33575).
