Comments on: Conference Profile Network Visualisation http://thatcampcanberra.org/2010/08/23/conference-profile-network-visualisation/ The Humanities And Technology unconference, 28–29 August 2010, University of Canberra Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:03:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: devdsp http://thatcampcanberra.org/2010/08/23/conference-profile-network-visualisation/comment-page-1/#comment-22 devdsp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:59:08 +0000 http://thatcampcanberra.org/?p=280#comment-22 The GraphVis layout engines run as command line programs that output in a handful of raster and vector formats. The input is a simple text file that describes the graph type, then the nodes and the edges between nodes. There are binaries of the Graphvis tools on the AT&T project site, search for "graphviz tutorial" in your favourite engine to see what it takes to run it. There's also the option of generating them in perl which might be easier if you can get access to a text file with each of the users and their interests. The GraphVis layout engines run as command line programs that output in a handful of raster and vector formats. The input is a simple text file that describes the graph type, then the nodes and the edges between nodes. There are binaries of the Graphvis tools on the AT&T project site, search for “graphviz tutorial” in your favourite engine to see what it takes to run it.

There’s also the option of generating them in perl which might be easier if you can get access to a text file with each of the users and their interests.

]]> By: joannemihelcic http://thatcampcanberra.org/2010/08/23/conference-profile-network-visualisation/comment-page-1/#comment-21 joannemihelcic Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:42:46 +0000 http://thatcampcanberra.org/?p=280#comment-21 I hasten to add that I don't have a 'technical' background. I am interested in how this tool would look to the users as well - so how user friendly would it be to a consumer. I hasten to add that I don’t have a ‘technical’ background. I am interested in how this tool would look to the users as well – so how user friendly would it be to a consumer.

]]> By: devdsp http://thatcampcanberra.org/2010/08/23/conference-profile-network-visualisation/comment-page-1/#comment-20 devdsp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:34:08 +0000 http://thatcampcanberra.org/?p=280#comment-20 A force directed graph where each user is a node and each interest is a node (colour or shape could be used to differentiate them). Link user nodes with their interest nodes with edges. Run the graph through a force directed layout engine and render the result. `fdp` from the GraphViz project could handle that quite easily. A force directed graph where each user is a node and each interest is a node (colour or shape could be used to differentiate them). Link user nodes with their interest nodes with edges. Run the graph through a force directed layout engine and render the result. `fdp` from the GraphViz project could handle that quite easily.

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