===== Exhibit ===== // An [[http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/|MIT Framework]] to present data quickly, by using JS // Information about it: * [[http://simile-widgets.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_Exhibit#Supporting_Filtering_and_Sorting | Here]] is a basic howto. * [[http://www.simile-widgets.org/wiki/Reference_Documentation_for_Exhibit|Here]] is a Reference - an API to every EXHIBIT View * [[http://www.simile-widgets.org/wiki/HowTo_Articles|Here]] is a set of howto articles * [[http://code.google.com/p/simile-widgets/w/list|Here]] is the Sourcecode on Google Code [[ http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets/?pli=1|Help ]] can be requested at the simile widgets google group. ==== PRESENTATION ==== ===Collection=== Placing a [[http://www.simile-widgets.org/wiki/Exhibit/Collections |collection]] div **somewhere**, e.g under the - forces EXHIBIT to display only the entries (from the JSON file) of the type Author. Useful if there is more information in the JSON, like a list of publications.

===Facettes=== Filters for the data, to display only chose cathegories

===Views=== Views represent the art of presentation, which will be used to present the data, like Tabular, Timeline etc. To precisely style a View - lences should be used. When additional views are inserted to the viewPanel - they will be displayed as tabs. TABLE:

TIMELINE: For timeline View additional JS FIle must be inserted:

===Lences=== Is a template to format the presentation. API: ^Tag attribute ^ Explanation^ | ex:content=".discipline" |graps the property value of the property "discipline"| | ex:src-content=".imageURL" |graps the property value of the property "imageURL" AND generates a TAG src, with the graped value. src can be replaced by any tag| | ex:if-exists=".co-winner" class="co-winners">... |displays the div only, if the property value of property "co-winner" exists.| | ex:content="**value**"> |generates a link to the current item. Linkclick creates a popup with all data about the item.| |

| generates a list with item-value-popup-links to items, where the the date property has the value of current-item-label | ==== DATA ==== As a database a changed JSON files is used. An automatic converter is available : * use the Babel service to convert your data into Exhibit's JSON format » [[ http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Exhibit/Creating,_Importing,_and_Managing_Data#Conversion_Using_Babel |Details]] * use an importer to convert your files into Exhibit's JSON format on-the-fly » [[http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Exhibit/Creating,_Importing,_and_Managing_Data#Conversion_at_Load_Time|Details]] Glossar: ^Word ^Explanation^ |Item | Database Entry with different properties like type,label ... | |Item-property | The key name inside of the JSON container like type,label,uri ...| |Item-Type | there is a special property called type. | |Item-Value | the data on the right side of : near the property | A singel JSON Database can contain different types of data. An Example of a converted data:


{
	"items" :      [
		{
			"label" :         "1988-01",
			"type" :          "Date"
		},
		{
			"label" :         "My little Knuth, Donald E.",
			"type" :          "Author",
			"original-name" : "Donald E. Knuth",
			"last-name" :     "Knuth",
			"date" :     	  "1988-01"
		},
		{
			"label" :         "Knuth, Donald E.",
			"type" :          "Author",
			"original-name" : "Donald E. Knuth",
			"last-name" :     "Knuth"
		},
		{
			"pub-type" : "unpublished",
			"uri" :      "urn:09caa715f9994e7b82e334d47a46d2fa",
			"date" :     "1988-01",
			"author" :   "Patashnik, Oren",
			"month" :    "January",
			"note" :     "The part of BibTeX\'s documentation that\'s not meant for general users",
			"type" :     "Publication",
			"year" :     "1988",
			"label" :    "Designing BibTeX Styles",
			"key" :      "btxhak"
		},

==Properties== Some data entries in the JSON file can be crosslinked to another data entries, by setting its value-type in the JSON file. The property, which should be a link to another item should contain a label-value of the target.


{
       properties: {
           "co-winner" : {
               valueType: "item"
           }
       },
    "items" : [
        {   type :                  "Nobelist",
            label :                 "Burton Richter",
            discipline :            "Physics",
            shared :                "yes",
            "last-name" :           "Richter",
            "nobel-year" :          "1976",
            relationship :          "alumni",
            "co-winner" :           "Samuel C.C. Ting",
            "relationship-detail" : "MIT S.B. 1952, Ph.D. 1956",
            imageURL :              "http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1976/richter_thumb.jpg"
        },
        {   type :                  "Nobelist",
            label :                 "Samuel C.C. Ting",
...

==Types== A property value can be defined different for plural!!! E.g. property "type" can be Nobelist or Nobelists!


   {
       types: {
           "Nobelist" : {
               pluralLabel: "Nobelists"
           }
       },
       properties: {