- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:00:07 -0400
- To: Maria Maleshkova <maria.maleshkova@kit.edu>
- CC: Bernadette Hyland <bhyland@3roundstones.com>, Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <51557437.2080505@openlinksw.com>
On 3/29/13 5:57 AM, Maria Maleshkova wrote: > Dear all, > > visualisation is obviously a very hot topic currently and there are a > lot of tools and implementations, which provide different level of > support. Some simply do a graph visualisation based on the links, > other provide multiple visualisation forms to choose from. > > What I will try to do while preparing the chapter and the catalog is > to identify the different visualisation needs that each of the tools > address (simple browsing, exploring hierarchies, identifying > relationships) . Furthermore, it is obvious that particular types of > data are better visualised in a certain way (geo-spacial data --> maps). > > Naturally, the collection of tools should be available in an annotated > way. > > As Barry mentioned, in creating the different chapters, we are trying > to pick only the corresponding supporting technologies and tools. > > Maria Re. visualization I forgot to mention the HTML5 based PivotViewer effort [1]. Links: 1. https://github.com/openlink/html5pivotviewer -- Github project 2. http://bit.ly/YU5Izw -- example using Linked Data from BBC nature (click on the "edit" button to access the SPARQL Query Editor). Kingsley > > > On 28 Mar 2013, at 20:16, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > >> On 3/28/13 3:05 PM, Bernadette Hyland wrote: >>> Hi Maria, >>> Happy to see you're compiling a survey of topics & tools. May I >>> suggest adding a category called "Linked Data Frameworks" (a peer to >>> Linked Data Browsers). >>> >>> For example, in the Linked Data Frameworks category it may include: >>> Callimachus Open Source, OpenLink Software's Virtuoso Open-Source >>> Edition and TopBraid Composer, and others. Note, I don't think these >>> products are direct competitors, rather a class of enterprise >>> products that build on Linked Data. I'll leave it to the respective >>> companies to describe their products. >>> >>> I'm involved with the Callimachus Open Source Project. Callimachus >>> allows Web developers to build applications on Linked Data from your >>> Web browser. [1] The Callimachus Project is being used for Linked >>> Data projects within federal government, healthcare, pharma, >>> publishing and research.[2] Visualizations supported by >>> Callimachus include Google Chart Tools, D3.js visualizations, JQuery >>> plug-ins such as DataTables and others. >>> >>> Thanks for your consideration of adding a possible new category & >>> this OS project. We look forward to seeing the final survey if you >>> publish it to the list! >> >> Yes, re the above! >> >> Links relating to our products: >> >> 1. http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com -- RDF DBMS and Linked Data >> Deployment platform (amongst many others things) >> 2. http://ode.openlinksw.com -- Browser extensions, Bookmarklets, and >> URL patterns for Linked Data generation from a plethora of RDF and >> non RDF data sources >> 3. http://linkeddata.uriburner.com -- a Linked Data generation and >> transformation service (ODE is loosely coupled to this instance, but >> you can also point ODE to other services). >> >> Maria: >> >> Wondering if you would consider making a turtle document for your >> compilation? >> >> Kinglsey >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Bernadette Hyland >>> >>> [1] http://callimachusproject.org <http://callimachusproject.org/> >>> [2] >>> http://callimachusproject.org/docs/1.0/callimachus-for-web-developers.docbook?view#Who_is_using_Callimachus >>> >>> PS. A new book called "Linked Data: Structured data on the Web". >>> It is intended to help educate Web developers & practitioners on >>> the use of Linked Data, including visualizations. Authors include: >>> D. Wood, M. Zaidman, L. Ruth and M. Hausenblas. It will be >>> available in soft back in June 2013. The first chapter if free & >>> gives a good overview. See http://www.manning.com/dwood/ >>> >>> On Mar 27, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Maria Maleshkova >>> <maria.maleshkova@kit.edu <mailto:maria.maleshkova@kit.edu>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> we are trying to compile a survey of topics and tools for >>>> visualizing Linked Data. This is part of the contributions of the >>>> European project EUCLID (http://www.euclid-project.eu >>>> <http://www.euclid-project.eu/>), which aims to provide an >>>> educational curriculum for Linked Data practitioners. So far we >>>> have created training materials on introducing the Linked Data >>>> principles and application scenarios [1 >>>> <http://www.euclid-project.eu/modules/chapter1>], and on querying >>>> Linked Data [2 >>>> <http://www.slideshare.net/EUCLIDproject/querying-linked-data>]. >>>> Currently we are working on covering visualization. If you are a >>>> developer or a user of methods or tools, which are relevant and we >>>> have missed, please let us know (direct reply to the email or >>>> euclid-project@sti2.org and on Twitter >>>> https://twitter.com/euclid_project). >>>> >>>> All training materials produced by EUCLID are freely available [3 >>>> <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/>] (Attribution) and >>>> can be reused for trainings and educational activities. >>>> >>>> * Linked Data Visualization >>>> o Visualisation Techniques >>>> + Visualizing the Linked Data Cloud >>>> + Requirement for Visualisation Tools >>>> + Visualizing Different Data Dimensions >>>> o Existing Linked Data Visualisations >>>> + Simple bar and pie charts, histograms, line and >>>> scatterplots >>>> + Node-link tree and graph visualisations, in both 2D and 3D >>>> + Matrices, parallel co-ordinates >>>> + Timeline and topology plots, map and landscape views >>>> + Space-filling visualisations such as tree maps, rose >>>> diagrams, icicle, bubble and sunburst plots >>>> + Iconography, including star and glyph plots >>>> + Text-based >>>> o Linked Data Browsers >>>> + sig.ma <http://sig.ma/>, sindice, OpenLink RDF Browser, >>>> Marbles, Disco - Disco Hyperdata Browser, Piggy Bank, >>>> part of SIMILE, Zitgist DataViewer, iLOD, URI Burner >>>> o Browsers with Visualisation Options >>>> + Tabulator, IsaViz, OpenLink Data Explorer, RDF Gravity, >>>> RelFinder, DBpedia Mobile, LESS http://less.aksw.org >>>> <http://less.aksw.org/> >>>> + Further: SIMILE Exhibit, Haystack, FoaF Explorer, >>>> Humboldt, LENA, Noadster, mSpace, Revyv, RKBExplorer, >>>> Semanlink >>>> o Visualisation toolkits >>>> + Information Workbench Linked Open Data, Graves >>>> o SPARQL Visualisation >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you for your feedback! >>>> >>>> Visit out website for further resources: >>>> http://www.euclid-project.eu <http://www.euclid-project.eu/> >>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/euclid_project >>>> Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/euclidproject >>>> Slideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/euclidproject >>>> LinkedIn: >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Education-Training-on-Semantic-Technologies-4917016 >>>> >>>> [1] http://www.euclid-project.eu/modules/chapter1 >>>> [2] http://www.slideshare.net/EUCLIDproject/querying-linked-data, >>>> https://vimeo.com/61618438, https://vimeo.com/61618437 >>>> [3] Attribution 3.0 Unprotected >>>> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Maria Maleshkova >>>> Senior Researcher >>>> Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) >>>> Phone: +49 721 608 45778 >>>> Email: maria.maleshkova@kit.edu <mailto:maria.maleshkova@kit.edu> >>>> >>>> KIT University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and National >>>> Large-scale Research Center of the Helmholtz Association >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Kingsley Idehen >> Founder & CEO >> OpenLink Software >> Company Web:http://www.openlinksw.com >> Personal Weblog:http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >> Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen >> Google+ Profile:https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about >> LinkedIn Profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen >> >> >> >> > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder & CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen
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