Comment by mholt
5 days ago
> Interesting. But this seems to be limited to the supported data-sources?
Data sources are extensible, they basically just need to implement 2 methods: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/timelinize/timelinize@v0.0.24/...
> No generic format to build your own sources?
I'm designing an import API that will let any script or program push data to the timeline.
> Also, why the focus on a timeline?
Seemed to make the most sense.
> Not all personal data or tasks are time-related.
Probably true. Do you have examples of what you're thinking of?
> If you want to have collaboration on this, maybe think about splitting it into backend and frontends. With the backend being the storage, and it's import-mechanism, and the frontend being open for anyone to put their own view onto the data, and maybe work with them.
That's how it is right now; it's a client-server architecture. It has a CLI and a JSON API so you can build your own front-ends.
> Maintaining personal data has demand here, but so far there is no real unified project catering to a broad range of services and different types of data. So there is a space to fill and a community to build IMHO.
I agree, this is a huge void that needs to be filled!
> Probably true. Do you have examples of what you're thinking of?
Bookmarks, contacts, notes for example, they are usually not time-based but by context, category or whichever organization their usage demands at the moment. They can be time-based in a journal, but usually I do not remember websites or people by the time I encountered them, so I would not search them this way.
The other question is how personal is personal in this project? Are my IMDB-ratings valid data for this? My Ebook-collection? My Steam-account? Those are usually things I would not manage in a timeline or a map, but with different interfaces and features.
Bookmarks are bookmarked at a specific time.
Contacts are already handled as first-class concepts in Timelinize, known as "entities". Entities don't have timestamps, but they have a name and attributes that can be anything, and the relationship between the entity and its attributes can be bounded by time.
Notes are also created and updated/changed at specific times.
> Are my IMDB-ratings valid data for this? My Ebook-collection? My Steam-account? Those are usually things I would not manage in a timeline or a map, but with different interfaces and features.
Could be, if you wanted to timeline those! (Like, when you rated a certain movie. Or when you got or read a certain book. Or when you got a new Steam game.)