Scott, I run a TW for exactly the same purpose as your's, since some
time and it has 4.000+ entries.
I run it now in its own node.js instance, merging several former
separated stand-alone wikis into it.
Besides my comments below, I learned the following lessons:
It is good to have a multidimensional data model.
so I use the tocP macro collection; I have an additional data type
to identify the different topics I am researching, like:Family, arts,
... There is also a plugin for alternative tag-fields
($:/plugins/inmysocks/GenericTagFields/) by OOKTECH. Has a nice GUI and
opens huge possibilities.
The key is a field named "h-doctype" which distinguishes the various
natures of the info stored in the tiddler, like "Historic person",
"Historic event", "Historic country" "Historic location". This field
then triggers a corresponding conditional view template.
Whenever I change the basic working methodology in the wiki, I also
change the name of the editor, helps updating old stuff.
tidgraph is a must - see below
tiddlymap is a must
for some date calculations Evan Balster's "formulas" are my favourite
Keep us updated on your progress
Pit.W
Am 15.07.2020 um 04:00 schrieb TW Tones:
Scott,
I have not developed any historical tiddlywiki's but I have spent a
lot of time in personal organisers. From this I have a set of key
methods I use. I will dump a few here which we can explore further.
* Yes, set dates in custom date fields and have at least start and
end dates, same for me, but I have 4 fields: First in the ISO date
format YYY-0MM-0DD; second just the year YYYY (no leading 0s, BC
with a "-"(minus)
* Keep created and Modified to mean what they mean, created the
tiddler and modified the tiddler - this is useful information
don't compromise your future by changing their meaning yes
* if both dates are the same consider it a mile stone I regard it as
a 1-day-event; Milestones I identify by tags
* If their is not end date then it marks a new era that has note
close Thats a milestone for me, missing date migth just indicate
that I dont know it . Ongoing things get an end date
"moment().add(0, 'days')" from the moment.js plugin - works nicely
in the timelines plugin
* If it has no start date we are not sure when it started same here
* Add another date field perhaps for recognised dates I dont
understand that
* You could use a plugin like http://kixam.github.io/TW5-datePicker/
<http://kixam.github.io/TW5-datePicker/> however more for this
century (needs moment.js plugin as well see notes) I use that as a
standard
* Allow dates to be entered manually as well as selected from the
list I am still trying to find a convenient list widget for dates
* Keep as many dates as possible compatible with tiddlywiki's date
serial number, even f you zero fill the rest of the serial number
tricky one; I didnt do it because for history I dont need minutes,
seconds, milliseconds
o This allows you to continue to use operators and sort etc..
* There is at least one visual timeline tool eg
http://emkayonline.github.io/tw5visjs/ Thats a must; new version
here: http://kixam.github.io/TW5-visjsTimeline/
* A lot of the people pursuing genealogical tiddlywiki's need dates
and some very old dates so maps to historical records. Damon
Prichett has created some cool stuff for displaying family trees;
see posts like 2020-06-28 in this group
If you are taking records that become history there are more tricks
Tony, please do tell...
Regards
Tony
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