Overview

Overview according to annual planning 2026

Big picture

The key topics related to the development of BlueSpice Galaxy in the first through third quarters are as follows:

Working title	Quick summary	To be seen in live demo
Integration of Meta data mangement	Replacing SMW by using NeoWiki Displaying meta data Querying meta data	Right sidebar Integration of meta data ✅
QM Overhaul	Rework of Expiry works via meta data now Rework Read confirmation new dialog new workflow activity Introducing DocOwner meta data replacement Page assignments Introducing dashboards QM dashboard User dashboard dashboards can be configured Introducing WikiAutomations for configuring timebased notifications "replacement" for reminder	Dashboards QM dashboard ✅ User dashboard ✅ via Entrypoint Controlled Documents ✅
Subwiki creation and management	Creating subwikis Navigating subwikis Managing subwikis	via Instance menu and Special:Wikis ✅
Permission settings	Manage users globally Manage permissions locally Simplifying permissions Group based approach	User manager Access management
General navigation concept	Facelift → Eclipse skin Mega menus Instance menu "Wiki actions" former "global actions" menu distinguishing between global and local settings Extended menu former "Custom menu" enabling global display Notifications center Distinguish which wikis the notifications come from Color concept Filter component User menu distinguishing between global and local settings Sidebars Left sidebar Page tree Right sidebar Scrollsby TOC Meta data section Breadcrumbs Icon for main wiki Instance pills Title area and content actions Content action menu instead of actions displayed in right sidebar	Left sidebar Entrypoints ✅ Page tree ✅ Right sidebar TOC ✅ Mega menus Instance menu ✅ Extended menu ✅ Notifications ✅ Wiki actions ✅ User menu ✅ Breadcrumbs Icon for main wiki ✅ Instance pills / breadcrumbs ✅ Title area ✅ Search ✅
Sharing contents	Introducing a -shared instance	via Instance menu -shared wiki ✅
Functional namespaces integration	Namespace settings instead of NamespaceManager New entrypoints for functional namespaces	NamespaceSettings ✅ Entrypoints Main Page Recent changes Blogs Books Files Pages Appointments Controlled documents ✅ Minutes ✅ Processes Spreadsheets ✅
Closing the feature gap	Introducing new features for improving the product in its functionality	PageLayouts ✅ SimpleCharts ✅ PageVersions ✅ PageExcerpts ✅ KPIVisuals ✅ PageCheckout ✅ StatusBadges ✅ StandardTags ✅ EditComments ✅
Watchlistbased notifications	Simplifying the notification system by sending notifications when pages are being watched	Special:Preferences section ✅