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Timeline of Systematic Data & Computable Knowledge

Dataset of nearly 200 notable events in the history of computable knowledge

Originator: Wolfram Research

A timeline prepared for the 2011 Wolfram Data Summit.

Available as a poster and a website.

(6 columns, 186 rows)

Examples

Basic Examples

Retrieve the dataset:

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ResourceData["Timeline of Systematic Data & Computable Knowledge"]
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Create a word cloud of regions represented in the timeline:

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WordCloud[ CommonName[ DeleteMissing[ Normal@ResourceData[ "Timeline of Systematic Data & Computable Knowledge"][All, "Region"]]]]
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Create a word cloud from descriptions of events in the 20th century:

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WordCloud[ StringRiffle@ DeleteStopwords@ Normal[Select[ ResourceData[ "Timeline of Systematic Data & Computable Knowledge"], DateObject[{1900}] < #Date < DateObject[{2000}] &][[All, "Description"]]], IgnoreCase -> True]
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Show counts of events by region and century from 2000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.:

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With[{grouped = GroupBy[Select[ ResourceData[ "Timeline of Systematic Data & Computable Knowledge"], DateObject[{-2000}] <= #Date <= DateObject[{2000}] &], #Region &][All, All, "Date"]}, DateHistogram[grouped, "Century", ChartLayout -> "Stacked", ChartLegends -> Placed[CommonName@Normal[Keys[grouped]], Bottom]]]
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Show counts of events by region and decade from 1400 to present:

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With[{grouped = GroupBy[Select[ ResourceData[ "Timeline of Systematic Data & Computable Knowledge"], DateObject[{1400}] < #Date < Today &], #Region &][All, All, "Date"]}, DateHistogram[grouped, "Decade", ChartLayout -> "Stacked", ChartLegends -> Placed[CommonName@Normal[Keys[grouped]], Bottom]]]
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Generate a timeline plot of events from 1850 to 1900:

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TimelinePlot[ Select[ResourceData[ "Timeline of Systematic Data & Computable Knowledge"], DateObject[{1850}] < #Date < DateObject[{1900}] &][ All, #Date -> Column[{Style[#Title, Bold], #Tagline}] &]]
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Wolfram Research, "Timeline of Systematic Data & Computable Knowledge" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2017)   https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.88445.data

Data Resource History

  • Date Created:

Source Metadata

  • Title: Timeline of Systematic Data and the Development of Computable Knowledge
  • Creator: Wolfram Research
  • Publisher: Wolfram Research
  • Date: 2011
  • Source: https://www.wolframalpha.com/docs/timeline/
  • Citation: Wolfram Research: Timeline of Systematic Data and the Development of Computable Knowledge (2011)

Publisher Information

  • Prepared for the Wolfram Data Repository By: Stephen Wolfram
  • Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research