Ryan Lee wrote:
> I've added a Timelot extension for Exhibit, much like the Timeline and 
> mapping extensions currently in use.  It's in a developmental stage.
> 
>    http://ryanlee.org/2008/03/rsy/rivalry.html

That is super cool. We should link to that from both the timeplot and 
the exhibit pages!

> We're aware of some of the logged errors and their source.  The main 
> issue we'd like to resolve now before moving forward is how best to 
> model time series information in RDF.  So far we've come up with a 
> couple scenarios.
> 
> The first case is illustrated in the above example, where every point on 
> the plot is also an item in the Exhibit database.  As you can see, this 
> allows you to modify the graph and move around decades just by making 
> facet selections.
> 
> The second case is one where modifying series via facets is of little 
> use.  Far better for scaling (keeping the total number of items down) 
> would be to encapsulate the entire time series in some sort of data 
> structure, like a comma separated list of tuples in a string, attached 
> to an item.
> 
> I suspect orienting a model around time series makes that particular 
> grounding difficult to use in other situations.  Maybe that's just the 
> price.  Thoughts?  Other models?
> 
> Interested parties can watch the wiki page below as things stabilize.
> 
>    http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Exhibit/2.0/Timeplot_View
> 


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