It provides "local" language functions independent of MediaWiki that are required by Semantic MediaWiki and its registration system.

JSON format

The location of the content files is determined by the $smwgExtraneousLanguageFileDir setting.

Field definitions

fallback_languagedefines a fallback language tag
datatype
- labels datatype labels
- aliases datatype aliases
property
- labels predefined property labels
- aliases predefined property aliases
namespace
- labels namespace names
- aliases namespace aliases
date
- format to define a rule set of how to resolve preferred date formats for dates with 1, 2, and 3 components. It is defined as an array where the constants define the order of the interpretation.
  - SMW_MDY Month-Day-Year
  - SMW_DMY Day-Month-Year
  - SMW_YMD Year-Month-Day
  - SMW_YDM Year-Day-Month
  - SMW_MY Month-Year
  - SMW_YM Year-Month
  - SMW_Y Year
  - SMW_YEAR an entered digit can be a year
  - SMW_DAY an entered digit can be a day
  - SMW_MONTH an entered digit can be a month
  - SMW_DAY_MONTH_YEAR an entered digit can be a day, month or year
  - SMW_DAY_YEAR an entered digit can be either a day or a year
- precision used to define the rules of formatting for a specific precision:
  - SMW_PREC_Y Year
  - SMW_PREC_YMD Year, Month, and Day
  - SMW_PREC_YMDT Year, Month, Day, and Time
  - SMW_PREC_YMDTZ Year, Month, Day, Time and Timezone
- months twelve strings naming the months and short strings briefly naming the month
- days follows ISO-8601 numeric representation, starting with Monday together with the corresponding short name
@... fields leading with @ are identified as comment fields

Example

{
    "fallback_language": false,
    "datatype": {
        "labels":{
            "_wpg": "Page"
        },
        "aliases":{
            "Page": "_wpg"
        }
    },
    "property": {
        "labels":{
            "_TYPE": "Has type"
        },
        "aliases": {
            "Has type": "_TYPE"
        }
    },
    "namespaces": {
        "labels":{
            "SMW_NS_PROPERTY": "Property"
        },
        "aliases": {
            "Property": "SMW_NS_PROPERTY"
        }
    },
    "date":{
        "precision": {
            "SMW_PREC_YMDTZ": "H:i:s T, j F Y"
        },
        "format": [
            [
                "SMW_Y"
            ]
        ],
        "months": [
            [
                "January",
                "Jan"
            ]
        ]
        "days":[
            [
                "Monday",
                "Mon"
            ]
        ]
    }
}

Technical notes

SMW
├─ LocalLanguage            # interface to the language functions
├─ JsonContentsFileReader   # access the contents of a JSON file
└─ FallbackFinder       # resolving a fallback language