{Machine Readability}{lists} Improve List Parsing in Structured Contents
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	SDelbecque-WMF
	Jan 9 2025, 2:13 PM

Description

Improve the parsing of lists in Structured Contents. Current parser struggles with nested lists, lists inside templates/infoboxes, and hybrid structures, leading to incomplete or inaccurate JSON outputs.

To Do
[ x] Review existing list parser and document findings
[ x] Refactor parser to correctly handle:

- Unordered, ordered, and definition lists
- Nested / hierarchical lists
- Lists inside infoboxes
Integrate improved lists into Structured Content On-demand dev
Add a flag to enable/Disable
QA in dev and validate against representative articles (some examples in PRD)

Acceptance Criteria

Lists are represented as hierarchical JSON structures (no flattening)
Lists inside infoboxes are included in structured output
Bug of empty lists is fixed
Known list-related parsing issues from prior feedback are resolved

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More info in PRD

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	SGupta-WMF	T383331 {Machine Readability}{lists} Improve List Parsing in Structured Contents
Invalid	None	T416508 Prod Deploy List Parsing in SC
Resolved	SGupta-WMF	T417256 List parsing changes in SC parser
Resolved	E.Enabulele	T417257 Integrate improved lists into Structured Content On-demand dev

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SDelbecque-WMF created this task.Jan 9 2025, 2:13 PM

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SDelbecque-WMF added a project: Wikimedia Enterprise - Machine Readability.Jan 9 2025, 2:13 PM

SDelbecque-WMF moved this task from Machine Readability PB- Migrating to To Be Estimated/To Be Discussed- Migrating on the Wikimedia Enterprise board.

• REsquito-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Jan 27 2025, 11:41 AM

JArguello-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Concept Development on the Wikimedia Enterprise - Machine Readability board.Feb 6 2025, 3:55 PM

JArguello-WMF renamed this task from Feasibility of releasing parsed lists to {ists} Feasibility of releasing parsed lists.Feb 6 2025, 4:13 PM

• REsquito-WMF renamed this task from {ists} Feasibility of releasing parsed lists to {Machine Readability}{lists} Feasibility of releasing parsed lists.Feb 20 2025, 8:48 AM

• REsquito-WMF raised the priority of this task from Medium to High.Feb 20 2025, 9:10 AM

• REsquito-WMF moved this task from To Be Estimated/To Be Discussed- Migrating to Machine Readability PB- Migrating on the Wikimedia Enterprise board.

SDelbecque-WMF renamed this task from {Machine Readability}{lists} Feasibility of releasing parsed lists to {Machine Readability}{lists} Improve List Parsing in Structured Contents.Jan 14 2026, 8:02 AM

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SDelbecque-WMF moved this task from Machine Readability PB- Migrating to To Be Estimated/To Be Discussed- Migrating on the Wikimedia Enterprise board.Jan 14 2026, 11:18 AM

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JArguello-WMF lowered the priority of this task from High to Medium.Jan 14 2026, 9:06 PM

JArguello-WMF set the point value for this task to 5.Jan 15 2026, 2:44 PM

JArguello-WMF moved this task from To Be Estimated/To Be Discussed- Migrating to Sprint 84 on the Wikimedia Enterprise board.

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E.Enabulele updated Other Assignee, added: E.Enabulele.Jan 26 2026, 5:20 PM

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E.Enabulele moved this task from In Progress to Next Up on the Wikimedia Enterprise (Sprint 84) board.Jan 28 2026, 2:09 PM