Topic designed for use with the Extension installer. It generates a specially formatted table which is parsed by the extension finder, when retrieved with ?skin=text&contenttype=text/plain. The table is a list of extensions specifications. Each specification is enclosed in curly braces {} and defines a number of fields used by the extension installer, one per line, using the syntax key: value The useful keys are:

topic

name of the extension topic

classification

to which category does this extension belong

description

short description (usually SHORTDESCRIPTION)

compatibility

freeform text which Foswiki/TWiki version is supported, as well as notes on platform

version

the available version

For example, the BathPlugin might be defined as follows:

{ topic: BathPlugin
  description: Stop the water running out
  classification: Security
  compatibility: Foswiki 1.0
}



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{ topic: BibtexFormfieldPlugin
 description:  Adds a bibtex formfield type, which parses the field and extracts the keys into other formfields on the topic
 compatibility: Foswiki 1.1
 classification: Information structuring and Search
 version: 12155 (2011-07-11) 
 release: 0.0.1 
 image: 
 }

{ topic: CommentPlugin
 description:  Quickly post comments to a page without an edit/save cycle
 compatibility: Foswiki 1.1.4 (has issue with redirect).
 classification: User interactivity
 version: 13766 (2012-01-20) 
 release: 2.0.3 
 image: http://www.foswiki.org/pub/Extensions/CommentPlugin/Screenshot.png
 }

{ topic: FortunePlugin
 description: 
 compatibility: Tested on Foswiki 1.0.x, on Linux and Windows.
 classification: Interface and Visualisation
 version: 10414 (2010-12-27) 
 release:
 image: 
 }

{ topic: ImmediateNotifyPlugin
 description:  Allows immediate notification of topic changes through SMTP or Jabber
 compatibility: 
 classification: User interactivity
 version: 8780 (2010-08-26) 
 release: v0.4 (testing) 
 image: 
 }

{ topic: Item9699Contrib
 description:  Item9699: LocalSite.cfg is continuously appended (patch for Foswiki 1.0.10 only)
 compatibility: 
 classification: 
 version: 9395 (2010-09-27) 
 release: 1.0.10 
 image: 
 }

{ topic: JQTablePlugin
 description:  Javascript implementation of the classic TablePlugin, using JQuery
 compatibility: Should work with all versions of Foswiki.
 classification: Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity
 version: 6641 (2010-03-03) 
 release: 1.1.3b 
 image: 
 }

{ topic: MathJaxPlugin
 description:  Macros for embedding MathJax (an open source JavaScript display engine for mathematics)
 compatibility: 
 classification: Interface and Visualisation
 version: 13831 (2012-01-27) 
 release: 0.9.1 
 image: 
 }

{ topic: SemanticLinksPlugin
 description:  QuerySearch backlinks, and populate ad-hoc metadata using =[[Property::Value]]= Semantic !MediaWiki syntax
 compatibility: 
 classification: Information structuring and Search
 version: 13021 (2011-11-08) 
 release: 2.3.0 
 image: http://foswiki.org/pub/Extensions/Testing/SemanticLinksPlugin/dcdemo.png
 }

{ topic: TinyMCECleanStickyBitsPlugin
 description:  Toolbar button to clean a selection of sticky attributes that would prevent a clean conversion to WikiText
 compatibility: Foswiki 1.1
 classification: Exporting, Printing and Publishing, Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity
 version: 8121 (2010-07-11) 
 release: 11 Jul 2010 
 image: 
 }

{ topic: TopMenuSkin
 description:  Skin with pulldown menus in top bar
 compatibility: 
 classification: 
 version: 2010-09-27 (v1.9) 
 release:
 image: 
 }

{ topic: WysiwygPlugin
 description:  Translator framework for WYSIWYG editors
 compatibility: Should run with: All Foswiki versions. Tested on Debian Linux and Windows XP (Home).  Recommend using with TinyMCEPlugin 1.2.7 or newer. *CAUTION: Do not install when using Perl 5.8.8 or older!*
 classification: Data and Files, Development
 version: 14886 (2012-05-23) 
 release: 1.1.11 
 image: 
 }