I finally got around to writing up our extension XML schema. You can find it in our ever growing Deki Wiki FAQ. I decided to follow in the footsteps of the authors of the Atom Syndication Format, for which I already have a fondness, and publish the schema using the RelaxNG compact notation. All I can say about RelaxNG is thank you! Now, please, kill XSD and hide its decrepit body under some rock that nobody will ever find! But enough about the notation, let’s talk about the substance.
Armed with the extension schema, anybody agile with XML can create extensions for Deki Wiki in virtually any language that is web-enabled. We already provide 3 ways to do this:

• using .Net
• using DekiScript
• using PHP (experimental!)

Since this is the first iteration of describing the extension XML — as well as highlighting some of its shortcomings — I would love to hear what parts are not clear, confusing, or insufficiently documented. I’ll do my best to add the missing information and make it more accessible to others. Then again, if you’re so inclined, feel free to augment the documentation if your muse happens to be smiling upon you. After all, it’s a wiki!
Cheers!

categories: Deki Wiki, MindTouch