To add timelines to your exhibit, you must include the time extension (after you include exhibit-api.js):

 <script src="http://static.simile.mit.edu/exhibit/extensions-2.0/time/time-extension.js"></script>

To include a timeline view, add to your HTML

 <div ex:role="view" 
   ex:viewClass="Timeline" 
   ex:start=".birth-date"
   ex:end=".death-date">
 </div>

Replace .birth-date with the appropriate expression for your exhibit. Replace .death-date or remove it completely.

Other settings supported include:

setting name	type of value	default	choices	meaning
ex:timelineHeight	int	400		height of the timeline in pixels
ex:timelineConstructor	function			custom constructor for the timeline
ex:colorKey	expression			expression for getting the keys used to color-code the map markers
ex:colorCoder	text			id of a color coder
ex:iconKey	expression			expression for getting the keys used to add icons to immediate events
ex:iconCoder	text			id of a icon coder
ex:selectCoordinator	text			id of a coordinator
ex:topBandHeight	int	75		percents that the top band takes up
ex:topBandUnit	text		"millisecond", "second", "minute", "hour", "day", "week", "month", "year", "decade", "century", "millennium"	unit of the top band
topBandPixelsPerUnit	int	200		how wide each interval in the top band is (in pixels)
ex:bottomBandHeight	int	25		percents that the bottom band takes up
ex:bottomBandUnit	text		"millisecond", "second", "minute", "hour", "day", "week", "month", "year", "decade", "century", "millennium"	unit of the bottom band
bottomBandPixelsPerUnit	int	200		how wide each interval in the bottom band is (in pixels)
ex:showHeader	boolean	true		whether or not to show the header of the view
ex:showSummary	boolean	true		whether or not to show the summary information of the view
ex:showFooter	boolean	true		whether or not to show the footer of the view

Additional Resources

• Controlling A Timeline Within An Exhibit