Looks like since I generate the JSON files out the database, I will
have to customize the JSON files for each visualization scheme (time
versus geographical points).

I will try out the JSON for Timeplot later. Unfortunately, although I
work in public health informatics this is not my main job.

Thanks,
Herman

On 11/5/07, Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Herman Tolentino wrote:
> > Yes, it works! Just beginning to understand the nuances of running
> > Javascript programs. Thanks!
> >
> > You guys have done a splendid job with Exhibit. Here is the site I
> > have been working on: http://www.epispider.net. The front page has not
> > been Exhibitized yet - still converting the data sources to JSON and
> > figuring out the level of "flatness" the trees should have. I am
> > giving a talk next week about this work in a panel at the American
> > Medical Informatics Association Annual Meeting in Chicago (and in
> > essence also showcasing what Exhibit does to the health informatics
> > community). I wish Timeplot could use the same JSON files. Emerging
> > infectious disease outbreaks are best shown in context of other events
> > like disasters, wars, famine, drought, flooding, weather disturbances
> > to visually establish the sequential and spatial relationships of
> > events.
>
> Interesting.  While we ourselves haven't hooked up Timeplot to Exhibit
> yet, there's no reason it can't load data out of JSON.  For instance,
> there's an issue and (unused, so far) patch in our tracker from someone
> whose requirements made JSON a better option for loading data:
>
>    http://simile.mit.edu/issues/browse/TIMEPLOT-7
>
> Of course, you may find what you need to do in addition is to walk
> through the database to generate per-date counts, as opposed to using
> the individual resources/datapoints Exhibit normally works with.
>
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