[xwiki-devs] [VOTE] New Link and Image syntax for XWiki Syntax 2.2

Hi devs, Following this thread http://markmail.org/thread/vw3derowozijqalr it seems clear that we need to introduce a better syntax for links and images in XWiki Syntax 2.2 (in order to cope with use cases such as http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XRENDERING-290). The need is to be able to plug new reference type handlers without breaking backward compatibility in XWiki Syntax 2.2 (since right now with XWiki Syntax 2.0 and 2.1 adding a new type reference handler would break backward compatibility). So here are various proposals to that effect for XWiki Syntax 2.2 (I've only kept the interesting proposals from the previous thread). Please vote for the one you prefer or add new solutions if you have other better ideas. Proposal 1 ========= Force XWiki Syntax 2.2 to *ALWAYS* use the full form when creating a link or image, i.e. all links would need to be written: [[label>>type:reference]] Examples: * [[label>>doc:space.page]] * [[label>>doc:wiki:space.page]] * [[label>>path:/some/path]] * [[label>>url:http://xwiki.org]] * [[label>>user:evalica]] * [[image:doc:wiki:space.page@image.png]] * [[image:icon:someicon.png]] CONS: * Harder to write links to documents which is the main use case Proposal 2 ========= Same as with XWiki Syntax 2.1 but for links or images to subwikis force the user to use the "doc:" notation Examples: * [[label>>space.page]] or [[label>>doc:space.page]] * [[label>>doc:wiki:space.page]] * [[label>>>path:/some/path]] * [[label>>http://xwiki.org]] or [[label>>>url:http://xwiki.org]] * [[label>>user:evalica]] * [[image:doc:wiki:space.page@image.png]] * [[image:icon:someicon.png]] PRO: * Still easy to reference docs and images in the current wiki * Close to current XWiki Syntax 2.1 CONS: * Harder to write links to documents in subwikis (for workspaces users for example, see example of xwiki.org) Proposal 3 ========= Always define the type as a link or image parameter, i.e. separate subwiki notation from type. Examples: * [[label>>space.page]] or [[label>>space.page||type="doc"]] * [[label>>wiki:space.page]] or [[label>>wiki:space.page||type="doc"]] * [[label>>>/some/path||type="path"]] * [[label>>http://xwiki.org]] or [[label>>>http://xwiki.org||type="url"]] * [[label>>evalica||type="user"]] * [[image:wiki:space.page@image.png]] or [[image:wiki:space.page@image.png||type="doc"]] * [[image:someicon.png||type="icon"]] PRO: * Still easy to reference docs * Clear separation between subwiki and types CONS: * Harder to write typed links * Harder to write references in non xwiki/2.x syntax that would not support link parameters Thanks -Vincent