9.2.13. content¶
The content of the article revision.
The following topics describe how edX stores wiki data internally, and is useful for developers and researchers who are examining database exports.
EdX currently uses an external application called django-wiki for wiki functionality within courses.
In the data package, wiki data is delivered in two .sql files.
{org}-{course}-{date}-wiki_article-{site}-analytics.sql.{org}-{course}-{date}-wiki_articlerevision-{site}-analytics.sql.The same conventions apply to wiki data as to student data.
wiki_article File¶The header row of the wiki_article SQL file, and a row of sample data,
follow.
id current_revision_id created modified owner_id group_id group_read group_write
other_read other_write
1437 29819 2013-07-17 21:53:57 2014-01-26 14:48:02 NULL NULL 1 1 1 1
The table that follows provides a reference to each field in this file. A description of each field follows the table.
| Field | Type | Null | Key |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | int(11) | NO | PRI |
| current_revision_id | int(11) | NO | UNI |
| created | datetime | NO | |
| modified | datetime | NO | |
| owner_id | int(11) | YES | MUL |
| group_id | int(11) | YES | MUL |
| group_read | tinyint(1) | NO | |
| group_write | tinyint(1) | NO | |
| other_read | tinyint(1) | NO | |
| other_write | tinyint(1) | NO |
The primary key.
The ID of the revision that displays for this article.
The date the article was created.
The date the article properties were last modified.
The owner of the article, usually the creator. The owner always has both read and write access.
As in a UNIX file system, permissions can be given to a user according to group membership. Groups are handled through the Django authentication system.
Defines whether the group has read access to the article. 1 if so, 0 if not.
Defines whether the group has write access to the article. 1 if so, 0 if not.
Defines whether others have read access to the article. 1 if so, 0 if not.
Defines whether others have write access to the article. 1 if so, 0 if not.
wiki_articlerevision File¶The header row of the wiki_articlerevision SQL file, and a row of sample
data, follow.
id revision_number user_message automatic_log ip_address user_id modified created
previous_revision_id deleted locked article_id content title
17553 1 Course page automatically created. NULL NULL 2013-07-17 21:53:57 2013-07-17
21:53:57 NULL 0 0 1437 This is the wiki for edX's edX Demonstration Course. DemoX
The table that follows provides a reference to the characteristics of each field in this file. Descriptions of the fields follow the table.
| Field | Type | Null | Key |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | int(11) | NO | PRI |
| revision_number | int(11) | NO | |
| user_message | longtext | NO | |
| automatic_log | longtext | NO | |
| ip_address | char(15) | YES | |
| user_id | int(11) | YES | MUL |
| modified | datetime | NO | |
| created | datetime | NO | |
| previous_revision_id | int(11) | YES | MUL |
| deleted | tinyint(1) | NO | |
| locked | tinyint(1) | NO | |
| article_id | int(11) | NO | MUL |
| content | longtext | NO | |
| title | varchar(512) | NO |
The primary key.
The ID of the revision.
The message the user added when saving the revision.
Some changes to wiki pages are logged to make the revision history for an article available in the user interface.
The IP address of the device where the revision was made.
The ID of the user who made the revision.
The date the article was last modified.
The date the article was created.
The ID of the revision previous to this one.
Defines whether the revision was deleted.
Defines whether the revision is locked.
The ID of the revision that displays data for this article.
The content of the article revision.
The title of the article revision.