This is a limitation imposed by all browsers. Using XmlHttpRequest, a web page can only load data from the same domain. There is a way to overcome that limitation using JSONP which involves a web server, but at the moment Exhibit does not use that "hack" for JSON data files.
David Bruce Robertson wrote: > Trying to use the nobelists example locally for testing. > > Copied the source of nobelists.html and have a local copy of nobelists.js > > If I change the link to a full URL it fails > > This works OK: > > <html> > <head> > <title>MIT Nobel Prize Winners</title> > <link href="nobelists.js" type="application/json" rel="exhibit/data" /> > <script src="http://static.simile.mit.edu/exhibit/api-2.0/exhibit-api.js"; > type="text/javascript"></script> > etc > > Fails: > > <html> > <head> > <title>MIT Nobel Prize Winners</title> > <link href="http://simile.mit.edu/exhibit/examples/nobelists/nobelists.js"; > type="application/json" rel="exhibit/data" /> > <script src="http://static.simile.mit.edu/exhibit/api-2.0/exhibit-api.js"; > type="text/javascript"></script> > etc > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
