Template:Da smw for tables/doc

originated as, which was changed in 2017 for use largely in infoboxes. This template is specifically for use in or other templates that purely display -- but don't collect -- SMW-rich data. It is a specialised version of da which makes it possible to strip the dab term from SMW tables. In these tables, the normal procedure of using da fails spectacularly, because SMW itself is creating an unusual kind of link. The standard linked output looks like this: The Eleventh Hour (TV story) For whatever reason, the SMW coders create links in this very redundant way, which means the only solution is to get rid of the second dab term only.

The only recourse is the use of the #sub parser function, with which you can take off a negative number of letters at the end of the string, resulting in The Eleventh Hour Add a closing pair of brackets —  — and your golden!

As of May 2017, it works to whisk away the (TV story) dab term, as its anticipated use is with templates that leverage mainly the data derived from.