MediaWiki and Databases

So I'm working for a Material Science research group for a summer job, and they want me to set up a wiki to centralize data and experiment results. I've taken exactly one Java class.

So, I set up a MediaWiki site, but they want to connect the data together, along with citations.

For example, Silicon has two properties they're interested in, "hole mobility" and "electron mobility". So on the wiki article on Silicon, they want to list Silicon's hole mobility and the electron mobility, but on the page for electron mobility, we want a list of many different elements' hole mobilities. When they update the hole mobility on the Silicon page, they want the number on the Hole mobility page to update as well. They will also want a citation attached to each data bit, so they'll know what circumstances and where that information came from

I believe that this will require a database system, and was wondering if you guys could point me in the right direction. I've just started to learn MySQL, and well frankly and slightly overwhelmed. Is MySQL too powerful of a language for this? Is there a simpler way to implement website-wide changes?

Thanks yall.

>>42
Take it up with the mods, if they think this should be "intermediate programming only" they'll nuke the thread. I know I don't know shit about anything. Hence the "question" bit.

>>43
My group knows I don't know anything about programming. They're just keeping me busy until they're done grading finals 'n' stuff. I'm not into CS - majoring in MatSci.

Is there a name for that "that's almost like every other wiki software's option to include a page in another page, except less useful and versatile" so I can look it up? Googling "wiki page in page" isn't turning up much

I really do want to get of your guys' hair, believe it or not. Though the gaywar up there was entertaining.

>>46
Overuse of tags marks you not as a pro

>>45
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