Question for Faithlife re: Factbook

MJ. Smith

What is the status of Factbook development? I've been inspecting some details and find:

the sections are not consistent in their order especially noticeable when Key Article/Media get something added between. Is it still the intention that sections have a predictable order?
some record types are still missing sections that one would expect to be present. How complete is the template for the various record types?

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xnman

Thanks MJ....

Andrew Batishko

I would be happy to investigate those and write up cases as needed, but I need some specific examples.

As far as I'm aware, there is a consistent order to all the sections, but not all sections are always visible.

The typical reason why a section is not present is that the references that have been grouped together in the UAV do not include a reference type that provides the data required for the section. This is not always obvious from the title or subtiles of the Factbook page, but can be revealed by checking the references mentioned in the search string from the See Also section.

xnman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1205462#Comment_1205462

The typical reason why a section is not present is that the references that have been grouped together in the UAV do not include a reference type that provides the data required for the section.

Are you saying the resource does not have the proper "milestone" yet? If that is so.... I am one that would be willing to work in the area of helping with this.... on my own.... to help make Logos better... I do have time... I would need to learn what "milestones" and what the rules are for putting them in.... But I will volunteer....

Andrew Batishko

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1205515#Comment_1205515

Are you saying the resource does not have the proper "milestone" yet? If that is so.... I am one that would be willing to work in the area of helping with this.... on my own.... to help make Logos better... I do have time... I would need to learn what "milestones" and what the rules are for putting them in.... But I will volunteer....

No, that's not what I'm saying.

A single page in Factbook shows information about a group of data type references from different datasets that have been considered to be equivalent to each other (check the search I mentioned).

Different datasets make available different kinds of information. If the group of data type references does not include a reference of a particular type, then that data is not going to be available.

For example, if the group does not include a Biblical Person, Place, or Thing reference (as indicated in the search string by a <Person ...> or <Place ...> or <Thing ...> term), then you will not see a "Referred to As" section, because the data that section needs are only connected to Biblical Person, Place, and Thing references.

xnman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1205519#Comment_1205519

My apologies..... and thanks for the clarification.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1205462#Comment_1205462

I would be happy to investigate those and write up cases as needed, but I need some specific examples.

I'll provide examples as I run across them. My history panel is not leading me to them as it has pages of Factbook entries.