Michael Daum

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Organisation Michael Daum Consulting
Profession Foswiki Consultant
Email foswiki@michaeldaumconsulting.com
Location 20251 Hamburg
Country Germany
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About me

Hi, I am a professional Foswiki consultant situated in Hamburg, Germany. I help people to improve knowledge sharing in organizations, fostering skills development and improving overall communication using web technologies.

Foswiki is particularly well suited as a platform to build the tools needed. It is the key technology towards better understanding and transparency in everyday's work.

There is no other tool that fits such a broad range of use cases starting from personal information management up to multilingual distributed enterprise platforms serving the needs of thousands of knowledge workers simultaneously. Visit https://www.michaeldaumconsulting.com to learn more about me and the services offered.

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Location:
Hamburg, Germany
Background:
high performance computing, optimization techniques, information retrieval, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, content management, web design and usability, information architecture, knowledge management
Services:
Foswiki consulting services and software partner

Foswiki extensions

List of extensions that I have written myself or have an eye on helping out maintaining them.

Nr Extension Description Classification Version Release
1 AliasPlugin Define aliases which will be replaced with arbitrary strings automatically Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 3.04 25 Aug 2011
2 AutoRedirectPlugin automatically redirect a set of topics Data and Files, Security 1.02 21 Jan 2024
3 AutoTemplatePlugin Automatically sets VIEW_TEMPLATE, EDIT_TEMPLATE and PRINT_TEMPLATE Interface and Visualisation 7.10 27 Apr 2022
4 BlogPlugin A blogging system for Foswiki Information structuring and Search, User interactivity 5.00 2 May 2019
5 BreadCrumbsPlugin A flexible way to display breadcrumbs navigation Information structuring and Search, Interface and Visualisation 4.01 21 Jan 2024
6 BrowserDetectPlugin Determine Web browser, version, and platform from an HTTP user agent string Development 4.00 27 Apr 2022
7 CacheContrib Caching services for Foswiki extensions Data and Files 3.10 21 Jan 2024
8 CaptchaPlugin A visual challenge-response test to prevent automated scripts from using the wiki Security 2.30 21 Jan 2024
9 ClassificationPlugin A topic classification plugin and application Information structuring and Search 7.00 02 May 2019
10 CopyContrib Copies webs, topics, attachments, or part of them Data and Files 5.10 30 Jan 2024
11 DateManipPlugin Date times, durations and recurrences Data and Files, Multilingual and Locality 4.10 26 Jan 2024
12 DBCacheContrib Reusable code that treats forms as if they were table rows in a database Development 7.00 28 Apr 2022
13 DBCachePlugin Lightweighted frontend to the DBCacheContrib Data and Files, Development, Information structuring and Search 15.00 21 Aug 2022
14 DBIPlugin Database middle layer to manage connections and schemes Data and Files 2.01 21 Jan 2024
15 DeeplPlugin Deepl translation service for Foswiki Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 1.00 31 Jan 2024
16 DiffPlugin Compare difference between topics and revisions Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 3.12 21 Jan 2024
17 DigestPlugin Calculate a message digest, i.e. MD5 or BASE64 Development 2.00 08 Mar 2016
18 DisqusPlugin Disqus-based commenting system Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 2.01 16 Aug 2018
19 EasyMacroPlugin   Development 1.24 2 Jun 2014
20 EditChapterPlugin An easy section editing facility Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 7.00 21 Jan 2024
21 ExportPlugin not yet released Data and Files    
22 FarscrollContrib Clone a scrollbar far away Interface and Visualisation 1.01 15 Mar 2014
23 FaviconPlugin Display a badge, image or video in a browser tab's favicon Interface and Visualisation 1.10 30 Jan 2024
24 FeedPlugin Syndication feed parser Information structuring and Search 2.10 28 Apr 2022
25 FilterPlugin Substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions Development 7.10 21 Jan 2024
26 FlexFormPlugin Flexible way to render DataForms Development, Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 8.31 22 Jan 2024
27 FlexPaperPlugin flash-based document viewer component Interface and Visualisation 2.10 29 Apr 2022
28 FlexWebListPlugin Flexible way to display hierarchical weblists Development, Information structuring and Search 4.20 21 Jan 2024
29 GenPDFPrincePlugin Generate PDF using Prince XML   3.00 21 Jan 2024
30 GenPDFWeasyPlugin Generate PDF using WeasyPrint   3.00 21 Jan 2024
31 GenPDFWebkitPlugin Generate PDF using Webkit   2.11 12 Nov 2019
32 GeoIPPlugin Geo Location Information Information structuring and Search, Interface and Visualisation 2.00 21 Oct 2019
33 GluePlugin Enable TopicMarkup to span multiple lines Development 2.20  
34 GnuPlotPlugin Allows users to plot data and functions using GnuPlot Interface and Visualisation 2.10 11 Jul 2016
35 GoogleMapsPlugin Google Maps for Foswiki Interface and Visualisation 3.12 12 Nov 2019
36 GraphvizPlugin Draw graphs using the GraphViz utility Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation 1.11 %$RELEASE%
37 GridLayoutPlugin A 12er grid system for responsive layouts Interface and Visualisation 3.32 21 Jan 2024
38 HarvestPlugin Download and archive resources from the web Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation 3.00 21 Oct 2020
39 HighchartsPlugin   Interface and Visualisation    
40 HyphenationPlugin Server-side hyphenation service Multilingual and Locality 1.10 22 Jan 2024
41 HyphenatorContrib Automatically hyphenates text Multilingual and Locality 5.00 17 Jun 2018
42 ICalPlugin Access ical data in wikiapps Data and Files 3.00 26 Oct 2020
43 IfDefinedPlugin Render content conditionally Development 2.01 2.01
44 ImageGalleryPlugin Displays image gallery with auto-generated thumbnails from attachments Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation 8.20 26 Oct 2020
45 ImageGeneratorPlugin Generates images from text Interface and Visualisation 1.00 25 Jan 2024
46 ImagePlugin Image and thumbnail services to display and alignment images using an easy syntax Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation 11.30 21 Jan 2024
47 InfiniteScrollContrib Infinite scrolling layouts Interface and Visualisation 2.10 21 Jan 2024
48 JiraPlugin not released yet      
49 JQAjaxFormContrib Ajaxify html forms User interactivity 1.40 22 Jan 2024
50 JQAutoColorContrib Assign colors automatically based on text properties Interface and Visualisation 3.10 22 Jan 2024
51 JQAutoLogoutContrib Log out idle user after a certain period of time Interface and Visualisation, Security, User interactivity 1.20 22 Jan 2024
52 JQCodeInputContrib Input widget for a series of characters User interactivity 1.03 22 Jan 2024
53 JQDataTablesPlugin JQuery based progressive enhancement of tables Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 7.20 22 Jan 2024
54 JQFullCalendarPlugin FullCalendar widget for Foswiki Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 3.03 22 Jan 2024
55 JQGridPlugin jQuery grid widget for Foswiki Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 2.61 30 Aug 2017
56 JQIMaskContrib javascript input mask User interactivity 0.20 26 Jan 2024
57 JQLargeTableContrib Toggle fullscreen display of large tables Interface and Visualisation 1.00 29 Jan 2024
58 JQLimitListPlugin simple plugin to limit the length of a list Interface and Visualisation 0.04 25 Jan 2024
59 JQMomentContrib A lightweight javascript date library for parsing, manipulating, and formatting dates Data and Files 3.20 22 Jan 2024
60 JQPackeryContrib Gapless, draggable grid layouts Interface and Visualisation 1.10 18 Nov 2019
61 JQPasswordGeneratorContrib A javascript random password generator User interactivity 1.10 26 Jan 2024
62 JQPhotoSwipeContrib   Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation 2.01 22 Jan 2024
63 JQPrettyPhotoContrib Yet another nice lightbox plugin Interface and Visualisation 1.20 23 Jan 2017
64 JQRCodeContrib QR code generator Interface and Visualisation 1.10 17 Dec 2018
65 JQSerialPagerContrib Splits up a list and makes it a pager scroller thingy Interface and Visualisation 3.00 26 Oct 2020
66 JQSwiperContrib not released yet      
67 JQTweetContrib   Interface and Visualisation    
68 JQTwistyContrib Lightweight twisty plugin Interface and Visualisation 4.00 22 Jan 2024
69 JQueryPlugin jQuery JavaScript library for Foswiki Development, Interface and Visualisation 10.51 25 Apr 2023
70 JsonRpcContrib JSON-RPC interface for Foswiki Data and Files 3.01 06 Aug 2023
71 JSTreeContrib The popular jsTree jQuery plugin, packaged for reuse Interface and Visualisation 3.20 22 Jan 2024
73 LazyLoadPlugin Deferred loading of images Interface and Visualisation 3.00 26 Oct 2020
74 LdapContrib   Admin, Development 8.00 05 Mar 2018
75 LdapNgPlugin Query and display data from an LDAP directory Admin, Development 6.43 10 Oct 2017
76 LikePlugin Like-style voting for content Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 3.01 31 Jan 2024
77 LimitedSessionsPlugin Limit the number of open sessions per users Security 1.01 26 Oct 2020
78 ListyPlugin Fancy list manager Interface and Visualisation 5.00 31 Jan 2024
79 LogDispatchContrib Advanced logging using Log::Dispatch Data and Files 2.10 20 Aug 2020
80 LoremIpsumPlugin Lorem ipsum generator Development, Interface and Visualisation 1.01 03 May 2022
81 MarkdownPlugin Markdown support for Foswiki Data and Files 3.00 03 May 2022
82 MathModePlugin   Interface and Visualisation    
83 MediaElementPlugin Cross-browser embedding of videos and audios Interface and Visualisation 3.21 25 Jan 2024
84 MediaWikiTablePlugin Format tables the MediaWiki way Interface and Visualisation 2.00 28 Oct 2020
85 MediaWikiToFoswikiContrib   Data and Files    
86 MetaCommentPlugin An easy to use comment system Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 7.00 04 May 2022
87 MetaDataPlugin Bring custom meta data to wiki apps Data and Files, Development 6.00 30 Jan 2019
88 MimeIconPlugin Icon sets for mimetypes Interface and Visualisation 4.11 25 Jan 2024
89 MoreFormfieldsPlugin Additional formfield types for System.DataForms Development, Interface and Visualisation 11.20 01 Feb 2024
90 MultiLingualPlugin Support for a multi lingual Foswiki Multilingual and Locality 4.11 21 Jan 2024
91 MultiSaveContrib Json-RPC interface to save multiple changes in one transaction Development 2.00 05 May 2022
92 NatEditPlugin A Wikiwyg Editor Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 9.63 11 Jul 2023
93 NatSkin Userfriendly Foswiki skin providing a flexible theming engine for professional webdesigns Interface and Visualisation 6.01 14 Feb 2019
94 NatSkinPlugin Support plugin for NatSkin Interface and Visualisation 6.00 12 Feb 2019
95 NewUserPlugin Create a user topic if it does not exist yet Admin, Data and Files 2.43 09 Sep 2016
96 NumberPlugin Localized Number Formatter and Currency Converter Multilingual and Locality 7.00 26 Jan 2024
97 OEmbedPlugin Easy embedding of third party content Interface and Visualisation 7.00 05 May 2022
98 PageOptimizerPlugin Optimize html markup, as well as js and css Data and Files 3.00 25 Sep 2017
99 PiwikPlugin Server-side page tracking using Piwik Data and Files 2.31 28 May 2018
100 PixabayPlugin Pixabay stock images and videos Interface and Visualisation 2.00 21 Oct 2020
101 QMPlugin Workflow Engine for Quality Management Workflow automation    
102 QRCodePlugin QR code generator Interface and Visualisation 1.02 25 Jan 2024
103 RedDotPlugin Quick-edit links Interface and Visualisation 4.20 26 Jan 2024
104 RenderPlugin Render WikiApplications asynchronously Development 7.00 26 Jan 2024
105 RtfContrib Extension to translate Foswiki markup to RTF Data and Files, Exporting, Printing and Publishing 2.12 16 Jan 2017
106 SectionListPlugin Access the list of named sections in a topic Data and Files 1.10 26 Jan 2024
107 SecureDownloadPlugin Secure, temporary download links Data and Files, Security 1.01 11 Jun 2018
108 SecurityHeadersPlugin Add HTTP security headers to protect against XSS attacks Security 1.30 26 Jan 2024
109 SetVariablePlugin Flexible handling of topic variables Development 4.00 22 Oct 2020
110 SoapPlugin   Development    
111 SocialSharePlugin Social Share Buttons User interactivity 1.10 14 Feb 2019
112 SolrPlugin Enterprise Search Engine for Foswiki based on Solr Information structuring and Search, Interface and Visualisation 7.30 31 Jan 2019
113 SpreadsheetReaderPlugin Read data from a spreadsheet Data and Files 1.11 31 May 2018
114 SqlPlugin SQL interface for Foswiki Data and Files 4.00 06 May 2022
115 StringifierContrib Helper library to stringify binary document formats Development 7.00 21 Jan 2024
116 SyntaxHighlightingPlugin Highlights code fragments for many languages using enscript. Interface and Visualisation 2.00 26 Apr 2022
117 TableOfContentsPlugin Yet another TOC plugin Information structuring and Search 1.00 01 Feb 2024
118 TagCloudPlugin Renders a tag cloud given a list of terms Information structuring and Search, Interface and Visualisation 4.01 28 Oct 2020
119 TimeSincePlugin   Interface and Visualisation 4.10 16 Aug 2018
120 TopicInteractionPlugin Improved interaction with attachments and DataForms Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation, User interactivity 9.23 01 Jul 2022
121 TopicNameValidationPlugin   Data and Files, Security 1.20 6 May 2013
122 TopicTitlePlugin Free-form title for topics Data and Files 3.0 21 Jan 2024
123 TrashPlugin Maintain the Trash web Data and Files 4.10 26 Jan 2024
124 TwitterPlugin Access Twitter via Foswiki Interface and Visualisation 4.01 05 May 2022
125 UpdatesPlugin Checks Foswiki.org for updates Admin 2.00 12 Nov 2019
126 UploadPlugin   User interactivity    
127 VirtualHostingContrib Adds virtual hosting support for Foswiki. Admin, Security 3.00 05 May 2022
128 VotePlugin   User interactivity 1.34 11 May 2017
129 WebCreatorPlugin Flexible way to create new webs Data and Files, Interface and Visualisation 2.00 05 May 2022
130 WebFontsContrib Web fonts for Foswiki Data and Files 6.00 26 Jan 2024
131 WebLinkPlugin A parametrized %WEB macro Information structuring and Search 2.01 26 Jan 2024
132 WikiWorkbenchContrib Framework for WikiApplications Development 5.00 2 May 2019
133 XmlRpcContrib   Data and Files    
134 XSendFileContrib A viewfile replacement to send static files efficiently Data and Files, Security 7.01 26 Jan 2024
135 XslFoContrib FOP print formatter Exporting, Printing and Publishing 1.10 30 Nov 2016
136 ZonePlugin Gather content of a page in named zones while rendering it Data and Files, Development 3.1 06 Aug 2023

Active Proposals

Proposal Status Date of Commitment Committed Developers Concern Raised By Last modified Panned For
Add Default Web Name AcceptedProposal 19 Apr 2016 MichaelDaum   19 Sep 2023 2.2 (extended version), 2.1.9 (base feature)
Configurable URL Includes AcceptedProposal 17 Dec 2012 MichaelDaum   06 Dec 2015 2.2
Reduce Impact Of CGI Dot P Min Foswiki AcceptedProposal 30 Mar 2015 MichaelDaum, GeorgeClark   30 Jan 2018 3.0
Topic Display Name AcceptedProposal 16 May 2014 MichaelDaum   20 Jul 2021 2.2

%STARTSECTION{"AvatarOfUser"}%%SEARCH{
   "form.name~'*UserForm' and Picture"
   web="Main"
   type="query"
   nonoise="on"
   format="  \"$topic\": \"https://foswiki.org/bin/rest/ImagePlugin/resize?topic=$web.$topic&file=$formfield(Picture)&size=48x48&crop=on\",$n"
   separator=""
}%%ENDSECTION{"AvatarOfUser"}%

%STARTSECTION{"extensions"}%
---++ Foswiki extensions
List of extensions that I have written myself or have an eye on helping out maintaining them.

%INCLUDE{"%TOPIC%" section="rendertable"}%

%SEARCH{ 
  "CommittedDeveloper ~ '*%URLPARAM{"dev" default="%TOPIC%"}%*' AND 
   CurrentState != 'MergedToCore' AND  
   CurrentState != 'ImplementedAsExtension' AND 
   CurrentState != 'RejectedProposal' AND 
   CurrentState !='ParkedProposal'" 
  web="Development" 
  type="query" 
  nonoise="on" 
  header="<h2>Active Proposals</h2>$n| *Proposal* | *Status* | *Date of Commitment* | *Committed Developers* | *Concern Raised By* | *Last modified* | *Panned For*|"
  format="| [[$web.$topic][$percntSPACEOUT{$topic}$percnt]] | <nop>$formfield(CurrentState) | <nobr>$percntCALC{\"$FORMATTIME($TIME($formfield(DateOfCommitment)), $day $mon $year)\"}$percnt</nobr> | $formfield(CommittedDeveloper) | $formfield(ConcernRaisedBy) | <nobr>$percntCALC{\"$FORMATTIME($TIME($date), $day $mon $year)\"}$percnt</nobr> | $formfield(PlannedFor) |" 
}%

%SEARCH{ 
  "ConcernRaisedBy ~ '*%URLPARAM{"dev" default="%TOPIC%"}%*' AND CurrentState != 'MergedToCore' AND  CurrentState != 'ImplementedAsExtension' AND CurrentState != 'RejectedProposal' AND CurrentState !='ParkedProposal' AND CurrentState !='DiscardedProposal'" 
  web="Development" 
  type="query" 
  nonoise="on" 
  header="<h2>Proposals with concerns</h2>$n| *Proposal* | *Status* | *Date of Commitment* | *Committed Developers* | *Concern Raised By* | *Last modified* |"
  format="| [[$web.$topic][$percntSPACEOUT{$topic}$percnt]] | <nop>$formfield(CurrentState) | <nobr>$percntIF{\"'$formfield(DataeOfCommitment)' !=''\" then=\"$percntCALC{\"$FORMATTIME($TIME($formfield(DateOfCommitment)), $day $mon $year)\"}$percnt\" else=\"n/a\"}$percnt</nobr> | $formfield(CommittedDeveloper) | $formfield(ConcernRaisedBy) | <nobr>$percntCALC{\"$FORMATTIME($TIME($date), $day $mon $year)\"}$percnt</nobr> | " 
}%
%ENDSECTION{"extensions"}%

%STARTSECTION{"definition"}%
AliasPlugin
AutoRedirectPlugin
AutoTemplatePlugin
BlogPlugin
BreadCrumbsPlugin
BrowserDetectPlugin
CacheContrib
CaptchaPlugin
ClassificationPlugin
CopyContrib
DateManipPlugin
DiffPlugin
DigestPlugin
DBCacheContrib
DBCachePlugin
DBIPlugin
DeeplPlugin
DisqusPlugin
EditChapterPlugin
EasyMacroPlugin
ExportPlugin
FarscrollContrib
FaviconPlugin
FilterPlugin
FeedPlugin
FlexFormPlugin
FlexPaperPlugin
FlexWebListPlugin
GenPDFPrincePlugin
GenPDFWeasyPlugin
GenPDFWebkitPlugin
GeoIPPlugin
GnuPlotPlugin
GoogleMapsPlugin
GluePlugin
GraphvizPlugin
GridLayoutPlugin
HarvestPlugin
HighchartsPlugin
HyphenationPlugin
HyphenatorContrib
IfDefinedPlugin
ImagePlugin
ImageGeneratorPlugin
ImageGalleryPlugin
InfiniteScrollContrib
ICalPlugin
JiraPlugin
JSTreeContrib
JQAjaxFormContrib
JQAutoColorContrib
JQAutoLogoutContrib
JQCodeInputContrib
JQDataTablesPlugin
JQFullCalendarPlugin
JQGridPlugin
JQIMaskContrib
JQLimitListPlugin
JQPackeryContrib
JQPasswordGeneratorContrib
JQPhotoSwipeContrib
JQPrettyPhotoContrib
JQLargeTableContrib
JQMomentContrib
JQRCodeContrib
JQSerialPagerContrib
JQSwiperContrib
JQTweetContrib
JQTwistyContrib
JSTreeContrib
JQueryPlugin
JsonRpcContrib
LazyLoadPlugin
LdapContrib
LdapNgPlugin
LikePlugin
LimitedSessionsPlugin
ListyPlugin
LogDispatchContrib
LoremIpsumPlugin
MarkdownPlugin
MathModePlugin
MediaElementPlugin
MediaWikiTablePlugin
MediaWikiToFoswikiContrib
MetaCommentPlugin
MetaDataPlugin
MoreFormfieldsPlugin
MimeIconPlugin
MultiLingualPlugin
MultiSaveContrib
NatEditPlugin
NatSkin
NatSkinPlugin
NewUserPlugin
NumberPlugin
OEmbedPlugin
PageOptimizerPlugin
PixabayPlugin
QRCodePlugin
RedDotPlugin
RenderPlugin
PiwikPlugin
QMPlugin
RtfContrib
SectionListPlugin
SecureDownloadPlugin
SecurityHeadersPlugin
SoapPlugin
SocialSharePlugin
SolrPlugin
SpreadsheetReaderPlugin
SqlPlugin
SetVariablePlugin
StringifierContrib
SyntaxHighlightingPlugin
TableOfContentsPlugin
TagCloudPlugin
TimeSincePlugin
TopicInteractionPlugin
TopicNameValidationPlugin
TopicTitlePlugin
TrashPlugin
TwitterPlugin
UpdatesPlugin
UploadPlugin
VirtualHostingContrib
VotePlugin
WebCreatorPlugin
WebFontsContrib
WebLinkPlugin
WikiWorkbenchContrib
XSendFileContrib
XmlRpcContrib
XslFoContrib
ZonePlugin
%ENDSECTION{"definition"}%

%STARTSECTION{"rendertable"}%
<noautolink>
%FORMATLIST{"%INCLUDE{"%TOPIC%" section="definition"}%"
   split="\n"
   header="| *Nr* | *Extension* | *Description* | *Classification* | *Version* | *Release* |$n"
   format="| $index | $percntIF{
        \"istopic 'Extensions.$1'\" 
        then=\"[[Extensions.$1][$1]]\"
        else=\"<nop>$1\"
      }$percnt | $percntFORMFIELD{
        \"Description\" 
        topic=\"Extensions.$1\"
      }$percnt$percntIF{
        \"not istopic 'Extensions.$1'\"
        then=\"<span class='foswikiAlert'>not released yet</span>\"
      }$percnt | $percntFORMFIELD{
        \"ExtensionClassification\" 
        topic=\"Extensions.$1\"
      }$percnt | $percntFORMFIELD{
         \"Version\"
        topic=\"Extensions.$1\"
      }$percnt | $percntFORMFIELD{
         \"Release\"
        topic=\"Extensions.$1\"
      }$percnt |"
   separator="$n"
   footer=""
   sort="on"
   unique="on"
}%
</noautolink>
%ENDSECTION{"rendertable"}%

Topic revision: r209 - 16 Feb 2024, MichaelDaum - This page was cached on 18 Mar 2024 - 18:26.

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