Exhibit is a lightweight structured data publishing framework that lets you create web pages with support for sorting, filtering, and rich visualizations by writing only HTML and optionally some CSS and Javascript code [1]. The exhibit code base is currently being developed by members of the Simile Project at MIT.
Exhibit consists of a bunch of Javascript files that an author includes in his or her web page. JavaScript is a Scripting language most often used for Client-side web development A web page or webpage is a resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a Web browser. At load time, this Javascript code reads in one or more JSON data files that the author links from within his or her web page and constructs a database implemented in Javascript right inside the browser of anyone who visits his or her web page. JSON (ˈdʒeɪsɒn ie "Jason" short for JavaScript Object Notation, is a lightweight Computer data interchange format It then dynamically re-constructs the web page as the visitor sorts and filters through the data. As the visitor interacts with the web page, only the web browser is responsible for providing the interaction; the web server is no longer needed [2]. The term web server can mean one of two things A Computer program that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests from web clients which are
Documentation and tutorials are available through the Exhibit Wiki.