Hi the discussion has generated good implementation ideas David Legg wrote: > I understand your point about maintaining data in HTML could be a pain > and that exhibit was designed to let mere users do stuff without needing > to resort to databases or writing Java. However, I'm thinking of the > more likely case where your data is stored in some database (or > triplestore?) and the HTML page is generated from that automatically. > Continuing to extend the concepts; a central Exhibit database contains data within the database and control elements to control the rendering of it into html. It also has a "backend" to interface with a server database for download a la "Backstage". Exhibit then not only groups and presents the data, but also programs the control elements to render the selected data elements in html.
Consider parameters determining the "crawlibility" of the content. My experience confirms that the success of crawling or the response depends on the content. Principally the frequency response of the keywords and the scope of the content. Google appears to prefer longer content that maintains a higher repetition of the keywords. On that basis rendering data from the database into html will not produce pages of high ratibility by Google. Controlling the presentation through Exhibit makes the Google entry look better but the page should offer extensive and focused content to improve the rating. Another facet to the discussion is the user interaction. Based on my integration experience there are few databases or user clients offering entry for JSON or RDF. Could the central database offer an integration to user input so that the page not only renders the data, but also stores user input in the chosen format? My preferred application is enhancement of database information and this approach would continue to position Exhibit, Timeline and Timplot as visualization tools not only for web applications. The discussion is interesting and timely. Regards, Gary Gabriel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
