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Name

Network Analyzer

Status

Beta

Type

Special

Author

Anne Baumgraß, Benedikt Meuthrath, Janette Lehmann,
Kathleen Haucke, Andreas Fahle

Image

Network Analyzer

Version

1.0

Update

24.01.2008

MediaWiki

MediaWiki 1.8+

Download

cvs -d :pserver: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it :/var/lib/cvs/SONIVIS co NetworkAnalyzer
http://www.sonivis.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/NetworkAnalyzer/

Readme

See header of NAnalyzer.php

Description

This tool generates different networks out of articles and their revisions. They can be filtered by category and article edit time.There are four different Wiki-based networks available: collaboration networks, competence network, change activity network, and category network. The collaboration network is defined by authors which are link by mutual edited articles. The edge weight refers to the number of these articles. The competence networks links authors and articles. Here it is possible to discover quickly which author has competencies in which topic area. The change activity network combines articles based on existing Wiki-links. The colour of nodes depends on the number of edits and is the darker the more frequently articles are changed. The category network simply shows the existing categories in a Wiki and relations between sub-categories.

Parameter

Place this (NAnalyzer.php) and the files

  • BrowserLauncher.jar
  • nanoxml-2.1.1.jar
  • TGLinkBrowser.jar
in a subdirectory of your extenions directory (e.g. extensions/NetworkAnalyzer). In LocalSettings.php, add the following:

include_once("$IP/extensions/NetworkAnalyzer/NAnalyzer.php");
//HTTP path to jar files
$wgTouchGraphJarPath = "$wgServer$wgScriptPath/extensions/NetworkAnalyzer";
//HTTP path to access XML file(s)
$wgTouchGraphLinksPath = $wgTouchGraphJarPath;
//local disk path to store XML file(s)
$wgTouchGraphLocalLinksPath = "$IP/extensions/NetworkAnalyzer";
//max age of the XML file(s) before they are automatically generated
$wgTouchGraphMaxFileAge = 3600;

The directory defined in $wgTouchGraphLocalLinksPath must be writable by the webserver to create the XML file(s).

Rights

Network Analyzer: GPLv2 or later
Touchgraph: Apache Software License

Last Updated on Saturday, 14 June 2008 22:06