[uf-dev] Simile Timeline and microformats

[Jason Garber]

(Note: this was my original message to uf-discuss, posted here since 
it's an implementation)


Hi all, I've put together a quick-and-dirty demo for using Simile 
Timeline [1] with a list of hCal events:

   http://sixtwothree.org/simile/timeline-example.html

I dug through the uf-discuss archives and didn't come across too much 
talk of doing this. Simile Timeline is listed on the History Examples 
page under Tools [2].

Either way, it's not completely bulletproof (yet), but it proves that 
Simile Timeline can be used with microformats in an accessible manner 
(out of the box, viewing a Simile Timeline page w/o Javascript gives you 
no content). I've got a ways to go with it (importing icons, photos, 
etc.), but wanted to get community feedback on the work so far.

Thanks!

Jason
jason at sixtwothree.org


[1] http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/
[2] http://microformats.org/wiki/history-examples#Tools_for_Timelines