timeline_rd3: Interactive time-bar plot.

Description

timeline_rd3 produces a timeline_rd3 object ready for its representation as an interactive time line in a web browser.

Usage

timeline_rd3(periods, name = "name", start = "start", end = "end", group = NULL,
             text = NULL, main = NULL, note = NULL, info = NULL,
             events = NULL, eventNames = "name", eventPeriod = "period",
             eventTime = "date", eventColor = NULL, eventShape = NULL,
             cex = 1, language = c("en","es","ca"), dir = NULL)

Value

Object of class timeline_rd3.

Arguments

periods: a data frame with at least three columns describing period names, start and end.
name: name of the column with names in the periods data frame.
start: name of the column with starts in the periods data frame.
end: name of the column with ends in the periods data frame.
group: name of the column with a grouping criteria in the periods data frame.
text: name of the column with a descriptive text of periods (html format) in the periods data frame.
main: upper title of the graph.
note: lower title of the graph.
info: name of the column in the periods data frame with information to display on the information panel.
events: a data frame of events related to periods (shown as dots) with three columns: interval name, event name and event date
eventNames: name of the column with event identifiers in the events data frame.
eventPeriod: name of the column with interval identifiers in the events data frame.
eventTime: name of the column with time points in the events data frame.
eventColor: name of the column with the color criteria in the events data frame.
eventShape: name of the column with the shape criteria in the events data frame.
cex: number indicating the amount by which plotting text should be scaled relative to the default.
language: a character string indicating the language of the graph (en=english (default); es=spanish; ca=catalan).
dir: a "character" string representing the directory where the web files will be saved.

Author

Modesto Escobar, Department of Sociology and Communication, University of Salamanca.

Examples

Run this code

# Database of 19th century sociologists
data(sociologists)
timeline <- timeline_rd3(sociologists,"name","birth","death","birthcountry")
if (FALSE) {
plot(timeline)
}

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