I noticed that too.  But what a cool example!   Thanks for sharing this 
link. 

- John

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Dan wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, that example uses JSON
> format source data : http://ryanlee.org/2008/03/rsy/data.json
>
> On Mar 10, 11:36 am, Stefano Mazzocchi <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>> Dan wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello and thanks to everyone who has helped to put together the SIMILE
>>> project. I'm very impressed with Exhibit and am planning to use it as
>>> a data exploration interface for some time series data.
>>>       
>>> Is it possible to use a CSV data source as input for the Exhibit
>>> Timeplot extension? I see that it's possible when using the standalone
>>> Timeplot code (as in the example with Bush's ratings). I would lke to
>>> use the Exhibit extension instead, as it comes with all of the nice
>>> selection widgets. But when looking at the examples and code for the
>>> Timeplot extension in Exhibit (timeplot-view.js), I couldn't see how
>>> to load a CSV and then use a ColumnSource parameter. The comments in
>>> the code say this:
>>>       
>>>         // There are two ways to specify a series, either by including
>>> all
>>>         // the data in one DB item or by connecting one value across
>>> several
>>>         // items.  Across several is checked first during the set.visit
>>> () and
>>>         // addEvent is called if found; if not, addSeries is called.
>>>       
>>> I know how to load the DB from a JSON file, using a <script> tag in
>>> the head section of the html document:
>>>     <link href="test-data.json" type="application/json" rel="exhibit/
>>> data" />
>>>       
>>> My question is whether it is possible to load this DB from a CSV file?
>>> Or would I need to transform the CSV into a JSON format (which I would
>>> like to avoid)?
>>>       
>> Ryan did an example of something like this in the past, you can see the
>> result at
>>
>>  http://ryanlee.org/2008/03/rsy/rivalry.html
>>
>> Not sure this is enough but might get you started.
>>
>> --
>> Stefano Mazzocchi                              Application Catalyst
>> Metaweb Technologies, Inc.                      [email protected]
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>>     
> >
>   

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