Who, what, when, and what proves it CASEMAP
Record the people, documents, issues and events of a matter. Each event points at the documents behind it, a document that proves nothing is visible, and so is a stretch of empty time.
The matter
1. People and organisations
Everyone who appears in an event. An alias is any other name the papers use for the same person.
2. Documents
The provenance is about where the document came from, not about whether you believe what it says.
3. Issues in dispute
Tag events to an issue and the schedule for that issue builds itself.
4. Events
Say whether the date is exact or a guess; the chronology prints only what the precision allows.
5. Chronology
6. Who appears with whom
7. Gaps
Events with nothing behind them, documents that prove nothing, and where the calendar goes quiet.
8. By issue
9. Import events
A CSV, or a chronology written as date and description lines. Nothing is added until you have checked the dates.
10. Take it away
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