I've only read one book about it, but I think that that is, more or less, exactly what PROLOG is for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolog Intro to prolog: http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~hzhang/c123/LectureA.pdf Google Docs Quick View: http://bit.ly/b33CcY ~~James On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> wrote: > > Any FRIAM-ers have insights to this interesting query? > > -tom johnson > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dan T Keating <keati...@washpost.com> > Date: Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:41 AM > Subject: Re: [NICAR-L] How do you auto-create a network diagram? > To: nica...@po.missouri.edu > > > > The data structure described here looks like Semantic Web, an attempt to > define relationships that will allow creation of automatic relationships and > links that would not otherwise be apparent. We know in math that if a = b and > b > c then a > c, but seeing that kind of relationship across data at > different websites is not easy. Once data is in the Resource Descriptor > Formt (RDF) format > Object ==> relationship ==> Fact > like > Bill ==> lives on ==> Main St > and > Main St ==> is in ==> Neverland > then tools can start to find patterns in the data. There's a db query > languary for it SPARQL. > > I had read some on Semantic Web a couple years ago and seeing the data in > this pattern made me wonder if there are more useful tools for digesting it. > But zipping around the (old fashioned, non-semantic) web has not revealed > much more than theoretical discussions. Maybe someone has put out a good tool > for representing data prepared in this format, but I'm not seeing it right > now. > > The most comprensible links I'm seeing right now are from Joshua Tauberer, > the guy behind govtrack.us. His blogs on the topic are at > http://razor.occams.info/blog/category/semantic-web/ > _________________________________ > Dan Keating > Graphics Editor/Data, The Washington Post > (202) 334-5047, keati...@washpost.com > > > > "Skelton, Chad (Vancouver Sun)" <cskel...@vancouversun.com> > > 07/09/2010 06:29 PM > > Please respond to > Discussion Forum <nica...@po.missouri.edu> > To > nica...@po.missouri.edu > cc > Subject > [NICAR-L] How do you auto-create a network diagram? > > > > > Hi everyone, > > So a colleague of mine has some data showing the inter-locking relationships > between various people and companies. The data is set up in a spreadsheet > kind of like this > > Name Relationship To > John Smith Works For Tim Jones > Tim Jones Donated Money to ABC Inc. > ABC Inc. Employs John Smith > ABC Inc. Hired John Smith > > She'll looking for a way to map all these relationships to try to get a sense > of how these spheres of influence overlap. I know I've seen network diagrams > like this before -- different points with lines between them, with text along > the lines showing the relationship between the two points. I even remember > seeing them in a course I took that dealt with RDFa syntax. I'm assuming > there must be tools out there that can create simple diagrams from data kind > of like my colleague's. > > Any tips on what tools we could use to make this work? Those that are free > and/or web based would be best. :) Thanks! > > > Chad Skelton, Reporter > The Vancouver Sun > cskel...@vancouversun.com > Phone: 604-605-2892 > Fax: 604-605-2323 > > Check out my blogs: > vancouversun.com/parenting/ > vancouversun.com/papertrail/ > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
