Find it over at
http://nagoya.apache.org/~stefano/
[NOTE: the location has changed since last version!]
Unlike previous versions where dataclouds were generated by a script and simply visualized by the application, with this new version, you can play interactively not only with the graph, but changing it directly from the application.
In the above location you find an instance of agora running as an applet (NOTE: you need Java 1.2 or above to see it!) and connecting to the Apache mail archives hosted on Nagoya.
Agora runs a preprocessing scripts over the entire eyebrowse archives every Sunday morning (Pacific time) understanding which mbox files were modified and reprocessing only those who need reprocessing.
You can also download a distribution to run the visualizer and the script locally on your own MBOX files. See the README.txt file included in the distribution for more info on how to do this.
The changes since version 1.1 are:
o) Added the ability to zoom into the graphs by right-clicking (or control-clicking for single-button mice) and show the labels of the nodes closeby (they are drawn radially from the mouse location to reduce label overlap).
o) Moved the datacloud aggregation and processing into the application. This allows a nicer usability of the tool so that users can create dataclouds on the fly using preprocessed mailbox information that can be published on the web.
o) Added the ability to introduce time-based "link decay" which simulates the fact that the importance of a reply decays with time.
o) Modified the mailbox processing scripts to produce message data instead of dataclouds. Message data is fetched by the application to produce the datacloud according to the selection of the processed message archives that the user selects.
o) Improved the overall prettyness of the drawing by extensive use of Java2D
functions like rounded rectangles and transparency. The overall drawing
performance has been reduced, but there is the ability to turn off part
of the drawing to improve performance.
o) Introduction of a "grouping" capabilities that draws circles around the
nodes that participated in a particular community. This allows better
identification of the 'node clusters' which belong to different communities.
- o -
Agora will be presented in detail at my "Virtual Community Dynamics" at ApacheCON 2003
As usual, feedback, is very welcome.
Happy playing! :-)
-- Stefano.
--------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
