Histropedia ALB open data forum presentation
This blog post has the slides and resources used during our recent presentation at the ALB open data forum at the NHM.
Histropedia Directory Timelines:
We started by loading the Timeline of Empires, we then added the event, Oxford University and finished by merging in a timeline of 1090s conflicts. The final timeline we created can be viewed here.
Timeline of Empires, 1090s conflicts + Oxford university
WIKIDATA
Useful Links
Map visualisation of Wikidata links
QUERY GENERATORS
We used 2 different query generators during the presentation
About these query generators:
These are very simple tools we use internally designed to make it easier and quicker to create certain types of queries. On the spreadsheets many of the statements and items have been added, allowing you to choose the item you want to filter by, if the item you want to filter by isn’t in the list you can simply add the Wikidata item number instead of choosing from the list.
These are open source documents, so please feel free to use and modify, if you do make improvements you can send us updated versions of the generators and we will update the master copy so more people can benefit.
The timelines we created (and the query that was used to generate them are listed below.
TIMELNIE: Descendants of Alfred the Great
QUERY: http://histropedia.com/timeline?q=tree[83476][40]%20AND%20claim[19:(tree[35][150][131,17])]
TIMELINE: Descendants of Alfred the Great born in Denmark
QUERY: http://histropedia.com/timeline?q=tree[83476][40]%20AND%20claim[19:(tree[35][150][131,17])]
TIMELINE: Academy Award for best picture with a subject of War
QUERY: http://histropedia.com/timeline?q=claim[31:(tree[11424][][279])]%20AND%20noclaim[31:(tree[15416][][279])]%20AND%20claim[921:(tree[198][][279,31])]%20AND%20claim[166:(tree[102427][][31,279])]
TIMELINE: Biographical films set in London
QUERY: http://histropedia.com/timeline?q=claim[31:(tree[11424][][279])]%20AND%20noclaim[31:(tree[15416][][279])]%20AND%20claim[136:(tree[645928][][279])]%20AND%20claim[840:(tree[84][150][131,17])]
We also show a timeline of events within 5km of the NHM
QUERY: http://histropedia.com/timeline?q=around[625,%2051.496725,%20-0.176410,5]#
Although we don’t have generator for that type of query we do have a tutorial which shows how you can manually make the queries
Tutorial: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries
To keep up with the latest news for Histropedia you can follow us on twitter: @histropedia
We also have an account dedicated to posting interesting timelines from our directory @histrobot
Latest posts by Histropedia (see all)
- Examples From Our New Wikidata Timeline Creator - February 24, 2017
- Timelines of Famous Painters – Portal Page - May 4, 2015
- Histropedia ALB open data forum presentation - March 19, 2015
