Comments on: Visual SPARQL query tools

By: Knud Hinnerk Möller

Knud Hinnerk Möller — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:36:01 +0000

That's really interesting! We're working on something similar for our Konduit tool, only it is much simpler. Instead of building the query with nodes and arcs, we're simply aiding the user with the syntax, by providing an interface with drop-down lists and auto-completion. I find Danny's idea with the Venn diagrams very intriguing, though.

By: http://omniorthogonal.blogspot.com/

http://omniorthogonal.blogspot.com/ — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:54:56 +0000

See also Knowledge Explorer from IO Informatics ( http://www.io-informatics.com/products/sentient-KE.html ) which I wrote, although I no longer work there. Same idea, you build up a graphical query template.

By: Danny Ayers

Danny Ayers — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:17:11 +0000

One to try on the whiteboard: instead of node & arc graphs, what about something more Venn like?
I’ve not actually played with it myself, but I remember seeing screenshots of Tinderbox with intersecting rectangles for different ideas. Not altogether sure how linkage might be emphasized, but still…
Got a copy of http://www.amazon.co.uk/Graph-Drawing-Algorithms-Visualization-Graphs/dp/0133016153 ?