On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 9:51:24 PM UTC+1, Bruce Seely wrote: > > > I'm pretty new to this, so I've been looking around to see what's > available. I'm thinking of using the DataTiddlerPlugin from abego-software. >
With DataTiddlerPlugin there is a FormTiddlerPlugin, which lets you create an editable form. So if you want to modify the data and save it to the TiddlyWiki (not the server) this would be an option. If you need a "read only" view IMO a conversion to a standard tiddler would be easier / less work :) > If there's a better approach, I'm open to looking at it. > With TW, most of the time there are several approaches. That's why we need to find out, what you really need ;) > At this point, I can create a URL to access an XML page, but I don't know > how to retrieve the file, and I don't know the best way to parser the file. > a) Is there a public discription, how the URL has to be created. eg: A developer http - API I'm sure you want to read several records at once, so a plugin would need to know, how to build the request URL b) Many backends also offer a JSON representation of there data. If there is a JSON API, it will _dramatically reduce_ the complexity of the plugin. I figure there might be some javascript involved. I've never used > javascript, though I've done a lot of Lisp programming and some Java > programming. Any help you can give me in gaining a foothold is appreciated. > Yes, there will be some js involved :) ---------------------- If you need to edit your data and save it back to the TW file, a possibility could be similar to this: [1] http://www.giffmex.org/bibblywiki.html#%5b%5bWright%2C%20N.T.%2C%20Jesus%20and%20the%20Victory%20of%20God%5d%5d - Wich needs to parse the data - Transform it to a data tiddler spcific format - Create the template forms to view and/or edit them - probably some more steps ... If you "view" the above tiddler content [1], you'll see the data tiddler "specific" format. IMO it's not human readable, so If you need to display dynamic content it will be more work to adjust the forms. --------------- A second possibility would be something like this: [2] http://geneology.tiddlyspot.com/#Me - You'll need to parse the data - Transform it to wikitext - Editing can be done out of the box using wikitext If you view the content [2], you'll see it uses the TiddlyWiki syntax. There is no problem, if the data record changes, since no form templates are needed to display them. ---------------- > > <PR PRNumber="12345" PRType="PR" Phone="123-456-7890" Ranking="0" > State="APPROVED" Submitter="Bruce Seely"> > <Build BuildId="MAIN-6.0"/> > <Comment AuthenticatedUser="bseely" Date="2013-10-23 17:52:30.0" Email=" > [email protected] <javascript:>" MimeType="text/plain" Ranking="0" > Remark="Fix the bug" State="NOREC" dt:dt="string">Text description</Comment> > <Keyword Keyword="Priority" Value="Low"/> > </PR> > > There are usually multiple Keyword and multiple Comment elements. > PRNumber could be the tiddler title since it is unique - right? IMO it would be nice to have a human readable title. Keywords could be used as tags. All attributes, that are not part of the TW text could be stored as TW custom fields. So no info is lost :) A parsed tiddler content could be like this: (You can copy/paste the content below into a tiddler to see the result) ! 12345 |''Phone:'' |123-456-7890 | |''Submitter:'' |Bruce Seely | |''State:'' |approved | !! Comment Text description. |AuthUser: | bseely | |Email: | @stsci.edu | .... I hope, this shows some of the possibilities. have fun! mario -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
