Source code for a grant funded project to connect scholars to artists' book through the use of linked open data (LOD).
The data visualization tool uses metadata in an RDF/XML format from the special collections of the library at the University of California, Irvine. The PLODAB tool is built using D3.js, AngularJS, and rdflib.js.
Rdflib parses the RDF/XML data using an angular service, and returns it to three interactive charts, encapsulated into custom directives. These three charts work together to give a hierarchically described tool for exploration of the subjects, materials, techniques, and places of publication within the metadata.
Base RDF/XML linked data file is available here: 2016.04.05_RDF_COMPLETE.xml , and an example of the code in action is available at http://special.lib.uci.edu/artists-books-discovery-tool.
node.js - Linux/Mac OS X/Windows
- Install via package manager (apt-get, yum, Homebrew) (recommended)
- Build from source
- Install via Binary or Installer package
For Mac OS X: node.js requires Xcode
For Windows: if building from source, you may need to specify which version of Microsoft Visual Studio you have installed to get native dependencies to build correctly
- Install node.js (above)
- Clone or download/unzip codebase
- In terminal, navigate to root directory of codebase and use command
http-serverto serve files - Port defaults to 8080. To change, run
http-server -p XXXXwhereXXXXis the port # you wish to use
- /lib/data -- put RDF/XML data file(s) here
- Update name/path of RDF/XML data file in /lib/javascripts/angular/services/data_services.js
- /lib/javascripts/angular/directives/ -- files governing UI of chart components
- /lib/javascripts/angular/services/ -- files governing data parsing for bubbles, tree diagram, timeline & artifact
- /lib/javascripts/charts -- files governing look & functionality of bubbles, tree diagram, timeline & artifact
UCI Libraries' Digital Scholarship Services
Claire Woods: Code & Design
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