Is a D3/Polymer Approach to the Timeline Worth Exploring?

[dazzaji]

Vega looks pretty hot for reusable visualization of JSON format data and now includes the D3 time format (see: vega/vega#178). When I first asked Vega developers about supporting this I wasn't yet tuned into Web Components but it appears others have already mode some progress connecting these:

• https://blog.safaribooksonline.com/2014/03/04/building-reusable-d3-js-elements-polymer/
• http://bl.ocks.org/psealock/a4f1e24535f0353d91ea (awesome looking and great documentation)
• * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20557913/d3-js-wont-work-in-a-shadowdom (see Jun 11 reply by Michael)
• http://tjoadesign.nl/blog/?p=833
• https://jbkflex.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/using-d3-or-third-party-libraries-with-polymer-simple-example/