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[http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/maps/home.aspx Social Explorer Maps] maps historical census data on a number of cities over time. | |||
[http://www.brown.edu/Research/AAAH/map.htm Animated Atlas of African History, 1889-2002] Uses Flash. | [http://www.brown.edu/Research/AAAH/map.htm Animated Atlas of African History, 1889-2002] Uses Flash. | ||
Revision as of 18:56, 11 March 2007
History Examples
Per the microformats process this is an examples page documenting existing real world examples of historical information published on the Web.
The Problem
History seeks to show and explain change over time. With that in mind, how should we mark up content that has specific historical contexts, meanings, and/or values?
Participants
Real-World Examples
Historical Timelines
Tools for Timelines
Historical Event and Markup Linking (HEML) Project includes an "XML schema for historical events which describes the events' participants, dates, location and keywords; the schema associates these with source materials in print or on the web" and "XSLT stylesheets that combine conforming documents and generate lists, maps and graphical timelines out of them."
SIMILE Timeline Builder from MIT. The SIMILE timeline uses JavaScript and XML to create a timeline. The XML markup :
EasyTimeline (also at Infodisiac) "is a Mediawiki graphical plugin for visual timelines."
HTML-based Timelines
Dred Scott Case Collection - Chronology
Chris Messina's lifestream, marked up with hCalendar
VidaStream (aconbere's lifestream)
Microsoft's Timeline from 1975-1990
HMS Titanic Timeline Member-created timeline at Footnote.
Historic American Sheet Music - Timeline: 1860-1869
The Food Timeline: Food history reference and research service.
List of Timelines from Wikipedia. Lists timelines available on Wikipedia.
The History Place presents Abraham Lincoln
EVOLUTIONARY/GEOLOGICAL TIMELINE v1.0 from Talk.Origins
West Midland Bird Club history
History of the Baseball Uniform Timeline from the National Baseball Hall of Fame
The History section of the History-Examples wiki page Seems that the history sections of this wiki are essentially timelines, with historical information, showing change over time.
Image and Flash-based Timelines
I include image and flash-based timelines to get a sense of what content might be included, even though the content isn't marked up in these examples.
Timeline: Colonial America 1600-1775
Women's History Timeline, 1940-1949
Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Historical Maps
Tools
Gutenkarte - Allows you to map geographic locations in texts
Metacarta Map Rectifier - Allows you to place and rectify maps over a base map. Uses Google Maps (I think). Lots of examples of historical maps layered over modern maps for comparison.
Map Sites
Social Explorer Maps maps historical census data on a number of cities over time.
Animated Atlas of African History, 1889-2002 Uses Flash.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
London: A Life in Maps uses GoogleMaps and historical data to explore the history of London.
General History Sites
Reference
History Wikibooks. Examples include World History,
U.S. History, and Modern History
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
Bloggers and Weblogs
Airminded: Airpower and British society, 1908-1941
Frog in a Well (east Asian history and culture)
Museums and Exhibits
National Museum of American History
National Museum of Natural History
The British Museum. Their World of Money is a historical exhibit on the history of money around the globe.
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the Constitution (non-flash version)
A Century of Chairs From the Design Museum.
Museum of the City of New York
Types of Historical Information
Dates and Time Periods
Centuries
Decades
Days
Events
The Battle of Antietam on the Web
People, Biographies, and Profiles
Most biographical profiles provide dates of birth and death, detail important events with which the person was involved, and outline general historical contexts in which the person lived and participated.
Biography of George Washington
The following timelines provide a comparative list of the timeframes in which select political leaders around the world were in power: