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is a program that validates the consistency of proposed
chronologies against a corpus of synchronisms. As such a lot of
data is being produced, the results of this data are presented as a
node-based interface that is color-coded.
There are three kinds of objects used: kings, dynasties, and events
(synchronisms). Kings are always colored sand, and this color will
not change. Kings are placed in containers which we call
"dynasties." These dynasties do not necessarily conform to the
scholarly consensus but are containers of convenience used to make
computational processing more efficient. Kings and dynasties are
logically connected with yellow lines, and events are logically
connected to kings by bright green lines. When
is calculating the results, all the dynasties in the live version
may appear gray.
When the test completes, if at least one of tested chronologies is
consistent with the synchronisms, the outer container is changed to
olive green.
Pink is a error condition for a possible chronology. If none of
chronological progressions are consistent or all the parent chronologies
were marked as inconsistent, then the outer container is marked with
light pink.
If a chronology could not be derived, the outermost container
remains gray.
After the average chronologies are calculated, the resulting high
and low chronologies are tested against the synchronisms to pinpoint
which events might be causing an inconsistency. If the event is
disabled, the event is marked cadet blue.
If the event is consistent, the event is marked bright green.
If the event is inconsistent with the chronologies, the event is
marked red.
If the event is inconsistent but does not affect the overall
consistency result, the event is marked orchid. This color marking
is reserved rule 4 events, i.e., events that test for a particular
absolute year but are not used directly in the date calculations.
And if the event cannot be tested because it refers to a unpopulated
chronology, then the event is marked yellow.
If a chronology is shown to be inconsistent on one event compared to
its baseline control, the entire chronological sequence should be
regarded as flawed. And since the computer cannot do any further
pattern matching with the available data, human intervention would be
required to revise the proposed chronological sequence so that it is
consistent with the corpus of synchronisms.
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