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Re: Help writing LDraw's history
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Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:14:48 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney wrote:

  
Good news - I found an XML based dynamic timeline generator. I’ve plugged in a couple dates on my local machine, and I’m testing for how to deal with events and spans aesthetically. I’ll post it when I have a bit more info filled in, then we can start seeing it come together.

-Tim

Here is my working file of the timeline:

http://www.timcourtney.net/ldraw-timeline/timeline.html

It’s not 100% to what’s in the spreadsheet, but it gives a good idea of what’s possible.

The system has some limitations. I’m not able to add the individual version dates as points along a span, nor am I able to stick a point at the end, which would be ideal.

It doesn’t appear to support user-defined fields, so having fields for version numbers and people won’t work. This would allow the timeline to be searchable.

I sent the group that created it an email with questions on the above. I don’t imagine it would be too hard to add support given the foundation they’ve already built.

For more information on the timeline project, see:

http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/

-Tim



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  Re: Help writing LDraw's history
 
(...) With some further playing, I started adding a few events. That goes beyond the scope of software tools. I don't know how to create a separate band for events or even if it's possible. I like the idea of having one for software only. It gives a (...) (17 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)

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  Re: Help writing LDraw's history
 
(...) Good news - I found an XML based dynamic timeline generator. I've plugged in a couple dates on my local machine, and I'm testing for how to deal with events and spans aesthetically. I'll post it when I have a bit more info filled in, then we (...) (17 years ago, 18-Apr-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)

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