Template:Feature tracking

Enables a dynamic Feature roadmap — see Semantic MediaWiki#For software features.

Displays a feature's values and also defines its semantics for the Feature_roadmap. It's based on {{Feature request}} (will some day replace it), but displays several extra feature properties, and makes semantic annotations of them. Both templates use {{Definition table}} to lay display

Usage

{{Feature_tracking
|Feature subcategory=A subcategory of [[Category:Software features]]
|Requesters=Deployments, engineers, or both who support the request (separated by commas)

|Requirements=User-level requirement definition; Links to detailed wiki pages, mailing list threads, or other resources are welcome
*or
*a
*list
*of
*them

|Specification=Design and technical implementation ideas; Links to detailed wiki pages, mailing list threads, or other resources are welcome
*or a list
*of relevant links

|Owners=Names of developers and/or champions of the request who will ensure that progress is made (separated by commas)

|Priority=9 (9=unassigned 1 = Critical,2 = High,3 = Medium, 4 = Low, 5 = not needed)
|Helps deployability=yes or no
|Target for 9.1=yes or no
}}

(The template used to have a Name parameter, but this is now unused. You can remove it from invocations of the template, though it doesn't hurt to leave it in.)

Sample

Feature subcategory		Is part of::Category:XTest feature
Requesters		{{#arraymap:User:St. NickN, OLPC Antarctica|,|x|Requested by::x}}
Requirements		User level requirement definition; Links to detailed wiki pages, mailing list threads, or other resources are welcome or a list of them
Specification		Design and technical implementation ideas; Links to detailed wiki pages, mailing list threads, or other resources are welcome or a list of relevant links
Owners		{{#arraymap:John Doe, Jane Doe|,|x|Contact person::User:x}}
Priority		Priority::4
Helps deployability?		Helps deployability::no
Target for 9.1?		Target for 9.1::no

Pre-filling

Pages like Feature roadmap and Features-test can use <inputbox to pre-fill a new page with the contents in Template:Feature tracking/Preload (which is the default text above. This helps less experienced editors to use Template:Feature tracking appropriately.