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'''XOWA''' is a program for viewing of offline copies of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis. These copies are stored in [[SQLite]] files with the extension ".xowa"; they may also have the extension ".sqlite"<ref name="databases/overview">http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview</ref>, although this does not seem to be in current use. Wikis up for download online are always split between several of these files: a "core" (index), "file core" (media index), file data, and media data.<ref>e.g. https://archive.org/download/Xowa_guwiki_latest</ref> XOWA either stores pre-generated HTML, which takes up less space, or raw [[wiki markup]], which is slower to view because of the need for extra rendering.<ref name="databases/overview" /> | '''XOWA''' is a program for viewing of offline copies of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis. These copies are stored in [[SQLite]] files with the extension ".xowa"; they may also have the extension ".sqlite"<ref name="databases/overview">http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview</ref>, although this does not seem to be in current use. Wikis up for download online are always split between several of these files: a "core" (index), "file core" (media index), file data, and media data.<ref>e.g. https://archive.org/download/Xowa_guwiki_latest</ref> XOWA either stores pre-generated HTML, which takes up less space, or raw [[wiki markup]], which is slower to view because of the need for extra rendering.<ref name="databases/overview" /> | ||
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Revision as of 11:56, 18 November 2019
XOWA is a program for viewing of offline copies of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis. These copies are stored in SQLite files with the extension ".xowa"; they may also have the extension ".sqlite"[3], although this does not seem to be in current use. Wikis up for download online are always split between several of these files: a "core" (index), "file core" (media index), file data, and media data.[4] XOWA either stores pre-generated HTML, which takes up less space, or raw wiki markup, which is slower to view because of the need for extra rendering.[3]
There seems to be much more activity around the ZIM format, which has the same purpose (although it can only hold rendered HTML pages).
Contents |
Software
Sample Files
- English-language wikis inside ZIP files
- Gujarati-language wikis likewise encapsulated (smaller file size)
Links
- Homepage
- Github page
- XOWA SourceForge page (Unused; development has been moved to GitHub)
- Information on generating XOWA databases
References
- ↑ Earliest files in https://sourceforge.net/projects/xowa/files/support/
- ↑ Introduction into Wikipedia offline viewers list: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Database_download&diff=next&oldid=548758626
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview
- ↑ e.g. https://archive.org/download/Xowa_guwiki_latest
