derek | idea company wrote:
> [snip]
>
> I've got a bunch of data (if you poke you'll notice different pages in a
> book or brochure, all of which i want separated in the other views but
> not in the timeline) they're basically mini datasets within the larger
> dataset. So on the timeline i've got upwards of 15-20 items that all
> fall on the same spot on the timeline. I'd like to have them all as one
> unit on the timeline as it's all the same project. I don't know if this
> makes anymore sense. Instead of having timeline use the "label" to
> place items can i have it use say another key say something like
> project. And then if i have projects 1 through 10 and perhaps 5 or 6
> items all listed as project 10 timeline will only display project 10
> once and when you click on the link for project 10 you get a list of all
> the items that fall under that category in the timeline bubble.
>
Oh I see now. Unfortunately you can't do that right now.
So, let's imagine a very complex case here. Sorry, I have to change the
topic as I can't think of complex cases regarding publishing. Let's say
for a crime investigation there are a lot of pieces of evidence
collected from several suspects, who are known to be at some various
places at some points in time. The data would look something like this:
{ items: [
{ label: "Jacket with trace of alumninum",
type: "Evidence Piece",
belongsTo: "John Doe"
},
{ label: "Stationery with unique watermark",
type: "Evidence Piece",
belongsTo: "John Doe"
},
...
{ label: "John Doe",
type: "Suspect",
presence: [ "Presence #389", "Presence #190", "Presence #134" ]
},
...
{ label: "Presence #389",
start: "2007-04-08T09:15:00Z",
end: "2007-04-08T10:20:00Z",
location: "Harvard Campus",
witness: "The gardener"
},
...
]
}
Say the whole exhibit is displaying pieces of evidence and you can
filter by features of the evidence, but we want each event on the
timeline to be labeled by the name of the suspect, and each event's
start and end times to be of the "presence" of the suspect. There can be
several events for the same suspect, as his presence at various places
and times might have been documented. So, by the 2.0 branch's way of
specifying things, this is how the timeline can be configured:
<div ex:role="view" ex:viewClass="Timeline"
ex:plot=".belongsTo"
ex:proxy=".presence"
ex:start=".start"
ex:end=".end"></div>
(ex:plot is not yet supported.) So, there will be 3 events on the
timeline for John Doe, and clicking on anyone of them would show the 2
pieces of evidence that belong to him. Is that generic enough?
David
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