The timeline module allows for any profile, set, list publish or search result to be displayed as a timeline. The look and feel of the timeline is configurable. The size and the styling are matched to the site; events can appear with or without image icons. Events can be displayed as single points or with their duration.
Users interact with timelines by scrolling on either a main or summary view, zooming in and out and clicking on items. Each timeline loads dynamically according to the current data to fit them to the frame of the timeline space and to have appropriate temporal zoom levels. On mouse over of a data point, users see a summary view of the item (a list item) and on click users see the item in full.
If appropriate, the timeline can feature the functionality for users to add their own content. If implemented, users see an “add story” button which launches a wizard to make a story such that users can quickly add their own content to the timeline. The timeline is an extension of an open-source library (SIMILE developed at MIT).
Use Case
Jan, a retired history teacher is curious and has stories to tell
Jan Verdooner is 67 years old. He was born and raised in Amsterdam and spent most of his career teaching high school history. After retiring, he has become increasingly interested in the history of his city and in particular the Jewish history of his neighborhood. He has spent a lot of time talking to people about their lives. A few months ago, he found the website geheugenvanoost.nl; a site that documents the history of Amsterdam East. He decided to join the site as a volunteer and began to contribute stories to the site.
With Jan’s interest in Dutch history and stories, he’s been a fan of NTR’s history radio show, Familie Nederland, for a while. He visits the NTR site and notices that he can log on with his open CI profile. He starts to browse through the content from each broadcast.
He sees a link to a timeline on a topic that interests him about the history of radio and TV in the Netherlands. He remembers a time when there were only a couple of TV stations. He uses the top bar to scroll around. Seeing the zoom buttons, he zooms in. There is a lot on the timeline, so he uses the filters on the bottom to narrow in on things he is interested in. He clicks on a story about early broadcasting.
Jan is interested in adding his own story to the timeline. He clicks on the button “tijdlijn aanvullen” / ”add a story” (depending on the language setting). A small wizard pops up to add a story to the timeline. Jan goes through the short wizard to add his story, when it took place and some keywords. He skips adding an image for now - he’ll come back later to his contributions to do so. He finishes his story and sees it pop up in the timeline at the time he entered. He likes that he can add to this version of history.
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NTR Timeline of the history of Dutch Radio and TV-
Editors on the NTR site can choose to show any set or list publish on the site as a timeline. They use it to feature historical content on the site. Users can filter content, scroll through it and click on items of interest to see and read more.
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Logged in NTR site users can add their own stories to the timelines begun by editors. Users enter stories through a simple dialog-based interface then see their story appear on the timeline.
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