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summary & news overview some samples license mailing-lists things to do bugs!! the author |
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manpage change log XSLT report formats report specs Xalan extensions DTDs |
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overview writing gallery |
| analog |
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summary XML explained DTD analog-data |
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© 2003 Per Jessen, per@computer.org. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. |
welcome to the Timian project
These pages describe "Timian", an analog extension designed to increase report format flexibility and to encourage new report formats to be written.
summary
Timian is an output formatter for analog, the weblog analyser. Although Timian consists of a number of different elements, it is essentially just a custom XSLT processor. Given appropriate XSLT code it will transform an analog XML document into (almost) any kind of desired output.
Timians focus is on providing flexibility and freedom such that you're not locked into what analog can and cannot do.
Timian?
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Regarding the name "Timian", it has no particular importance nor meaning - not in this context at least. "Timian" is the Danish name for "Thyme", an old and well-known herb used in cooking. |
some sample reports
Have a look at what Timian can do - I'm maintaining a collection of sample reports.
the analog XML document?
Of course, if you're only here to look for information regarding the analog XML document, you're in the right place too.
summary
There isn't actually much to be said about the XML format. Although it is formatted for human readability, it is not intended for human consumption, but rather for use by a post-processor that understands XML, one example being Timian.
If you're looking for detailed information regarding the XML format itself, perhaps for building a post-processor, I suggest you have a look here: "Analogs XML document format".
news/recent changes/announcements
| 2003/08/15: | 0.3.5 released. |
| 2003/07/17: | 0.4rc1 will incorporate updated CVS snapshots of XalanC 1.6.0 and XercesC 2.3.0 |
| 2003/07/14: | New server installed and running. |
| 2003/06/03: | New server ordered. |
| 2003/05/29: | Added new sample report - countrycode. |
| 2003/05/24: | Piecharts feature updated with image-maps. |
| 2003/05/08: | Added new sample report - timian3. |
| 2003/05/07: | 
The stylesheets for the sample reports now also produces nicely formatted reports for MSIE.
And I created a "Powered by Timian" logo: |
| 2003/05/02: | The documentation on analogs XML format have been significantly updated. |
| 2003/04/30: | Version 0.3.2 published. See the changelog. |
| 2003/04/26: | The website had to be rebuilt; the Timian webserver suffered a critical outage due to a faulty disk. |
| 2003/04/15: | New sample report format - Timian2. Also, I believe analog version 5.90beta2 was recently released. |
| 2003/04/04: | Timian 0.2. Main feature - significantly reduced download-size. |
| 2003/04/03: | The timian-announce and the timian-general mailing-lists are now both available. |
| 2003/03/30: | Stephen Turner, author of analog, has just today published analog version 5.90beta1, the first public beta that includes the XML output format. |
| Last time this page was updated: Monday 3 November 2003 08:59 |
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