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History Examples

Per the microformats process this is an examples page documenting existing real world examples of historical information published on the Web.

Historical Timelines

XML/JavaScript/SVG 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 :

HTML-based Timelines

Most HTML-based timelines use tables for markup, and rather unsemantically.

The History Place presents Abraham Lincoln

That Wacky Century!

Harriet Tubman Timeline

OurTimeLines

Decades.com

General History Sites

BBC - History