Last modified: 2014-09-23 06:49:00 UTC
Currently there is [[mw:Extension:EasyTimeline]] to generate static timelines on wiki pages. It would be useful to have an extension which allows interactive timelines such as the example available on [1]. There are some other examples in the link [2] suggested by a user at [3]. [1] http://timeline.verite.co/ [2] http://okfnlabs.org/blog/2012/12/04/javascript-timeline-libaries-a-review.html [3] https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_talk:Arqueologia/Linha_do_tempo?diff=33540379&uselang=en#JavaScript_para_linha_do_tempo
I'm expanding the scope of this bug to cover: <https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Infographic_interactivity> <https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Java_applet_support> <https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Visualization_methods> And also <https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Foundations_for_Interactive_Articles> plus some other minor ones which got less attention/love and are linked from those (see also the category). Also adding to cc some of the people who took part in the discussions there, as the wiki is closed and I have no other way to do so. Snippets: * «Right now, I (User:Aude) could create a really awesome (featured picture quality) interactive infographic or map (e.g. with Ajax or Flash), but not have anyway to submit it to Wikimedia Commons and use in Wikipedia. We are currently limited to static images, video, or animated gifs (yuk!).» (SlippyMap extension is mentioned.) * «Java applet is a powerful feature to illustrate mathematical, technical, electric and some other subjects, from interactive function graphs till mathematical models with advanced visualization. Unlike animations, they may have controls to interact with the user, allowing active experiments.» * «Three-dimensional interactive visualization is an important special case. In molecular topics (e.g., chemistry, biochemistry and pharmaceuticals) and in geometry (e.g., in visualizing conic sections), the ability to rotate a complex object and see it from different sides can make the difference between understanding something and not. [...] Two-dimensional and three-dimensional plots of mathematical functions are another example.» (Suggested implementations from this proposal build upon EasyTimeline, <gallery>/slideshow, SmoothGallery...) Keywords from the proposals: Flash, ActionScript, OpenLayers, OpenJDK from Sun, GNU Classpath from FSF and Harmony for Apache, Ultrastudio.org, JOGL, Prolog, Jython, Joyster, Cocoa, NASA World Wind, OpenGL, GChart, Silverlight, Gnash, CMOS, OpenLaszlo, Sugar, inline SVG, SVG editing, SVG animation, Proteopedia, Jmol, Advogato.
Obviously not high prio if nobody works on this...
Graph extension might be applicable, even though it is not dynamic (yet), or even in production wikis, it does support various timelines, e.g. "Napoleon" at http://trifacta.github.io/vega/editor/ :) See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph and samples at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Demo Discussion at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#Graphs.2C_Maps.2C_..._.28experimental.29