Q-BPM:Namespace

This page explains a term "namespace" in general and "what is namespace in Q-BPM."

Overview of Namespace
MediaWiki, a server software used in Q-BPM, classifies articles in the site into multiple groups called "namespaces." By virtue of "namespaces," which work as "labels," users can clearly understand for what purpose each page is created.

In order to make an article belong to a certain namespace, the identifier of namespace and half-width colon must be added when the article is named, for example "Namespace:Title." If the name of an article is " Q-BPM:Help ," this article, whose title is "Help," belongs to the namespace "Q-BPM."

Namespaces Used in Q-BPM
Namespaces currently used in Q-BPM are shown below.


 * &lt;Main Namespace&gt;
 * &lt;Main Namespace&gt; is a namespace for "general articles in an encyclopedia." Unlike other namespaces described later, titles of articles do not include namespace identifiers. For example, an article BPM belongs to &lt;Main Namespace&gt;.


 * "Q-BPM:" and "Help:"
 * Articles in these namespaces are written about the policies and methods of utilization of Q-BPM. For instance, articles about license information and the way to use this site belong to these namespaces.


 * "image:"
 * Image files uploaded via upload page are stored as articles in this namespace. (It is also possible to write [[Image:sample.png]] in an article first and then to upload an image by clicking the red link.).


 * "Special:"
 * Pages in this namespace are automatically generated by MediaWiki. Most of such pages are used as tools and can not be edited by users.


 * "User:"
 * Each individual user registered in Q-BPM has his/her own "user page" in "Users:" namespace. Each user's user page is managed and displayed by "Users:User Name."


 * "Discussion:"
 * Each article in &lt;Main Namespace&gt; has, or more like can have, a page corresponding to it in "Discussion:" namespace in order to facilitate discussion for the development of the article etc. Please refer to Q-BPM:How to Use Discussion Pages for detailed information.


 * "Q-BPM-Discussion:"
 * The concept of this namespace is very similar to "Discussion:" namespace. However, pages in this namespace are corresponding to pages in "Q-BPM:" namespace.


 * "Image-Discussion:"
 * Likewise, pages in this namespace are corresponding to pages in "image:" namespace.


 * "User-Conversation:"
 * Unlike the three discussion namespaces listed above, pages in this namespace is used to leave messages to the Q-BPM User rather than to discuss with other users

In general, it is likely to create links from articles in other namespaces to ones in &lt;Main Namespace&gt; but is unlikely to link from articles in &lt;Main Namespace&gt; to ones in other namespaces.