Display Building Metadata via "Comment" ("K")

[Indigenext]

All buildings (objects of type 'building') require JSON metadata. This seems to be different from the comment data structure unless there is a comment type specifically for buildings. The minimum data for this meta-data seems to be

• creation date
• destruction date (may also be required since it would potentially appear in the present if it does not have a destruction date)

Optional fields include:

• family name or business name (includes beginning and ending dates for each family or business)

We want to encourage historians and others to contribute edit notes to TimeWalk objects ("This store was called Smith & Sons until 1885 - source..."). Those notes need to be stored in some persistent database, ideally one that is transparent (i.e. visible to everyone).

[tedbarnett]

How can we add structured data that can be edited and displayed, including:

• Peter Stuyvesant's home
• Owner: Peter Stuyvesant
• Built: 1620
• Replaced: 1720
• GPS: [coordinates]
• Optional: notes, architect name, builder name, remodel years, etc.

[tedbarnett]

Could we make the "K" mode neatly show both 1) known info (name, owner name, built, etc.) and 2) a thread of date-stamped comments/edits made by (approved) visitors?

[tedbarnett]

I can make a CSV file with all the data for each building, but we'd need to import that.

[deedox]

https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.3/en-US/data-driven-gameplay-elements-in-unreal-engine/

Data Drive Gameplay Elements are a good starting point.

[tedbarnett]

To use the Data Drive Gameplay elements, I built this Google Sheet from which we can export a .csv to set up the DataTable. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VAbWUgOJ_DM5sodTg88EK9Es04OLu4Y59rGyIn8ZVEk/edit?usp=sharing