Exhibit (web editing tool)
Encyclopedia
Exhibit is a lightweight, structured-data publishing framework that allows developers to create web page
s with support for sorting, filtering and rich visualizations. Oriented towards semantic web
-type problems, Exhibit can be implemented by writing rich data out to HTML then configuring some CSS
and Javascript
code.
. When Exhibit pages are loaded by a browser, the Javascript reads in one or more JSON
data files and builds a local database in the memory of the machine running the browser. Data can then be filtered and sorted directly in the browser without having to re-query the server. The design of Exhibit is optimized for browsing faceted data
.
The Exhibit code base is currently being developed by members of the SIMILE Project at MIT.
Web page
A web page or webpage is a document or information resource that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser and displayed on a monitor or mobile device. This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format, and may provide navigation to other web pages via hypertext...
s with support for sorting, filtering and rich visualizations. Oriented towards semantic web
Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is a collaborative movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium that promotes common formats for data on the World Wide Web. By encouraging the inclusion of semantic content in web pages, the Semantic Web aims at converting the current web of unstructured documents into a "web of...
-type problems, Exhibit can be implemented by writing rich data out to HTML then configuring some CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language...
and Javascript
JavaScript
JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
code.
Overview
Technically, Exhibit is a collection of Javascript files to be included in a web pageWeb page
A web page or webpage is a document or information resource that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser and displayed on a monitor or mobile device. This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format, and may provide navigation to other web pages via hypertext...
. When Exhibit pages are loaded by a browser, the Javascript reads in one or more JSON
JSON
JSON , or JavaScript Object Notation, is a lightweight text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange. It is derived from the JavaScript scripting language for representing simple data structures and associative arrays, called objects...
data files and builds a local database in the memory of the machine running the browser. Data can then be filtered and sorted directly in the browser without having to re-query the server. The design of Exhibit is optimized for browsing faceted data
Faceted classification
A faceted classification system allows the assignment of multiple classifications to an object, enabling the classifications to be ordered in multiple ways, rather than in a single, predetermined, taxonomic order. A facet comprises "clearly defined, mutually exclusive, and collectively exhaustive...
.
The Exhibit code base is currently being developed by members of the SIMILE Project at MIT.