pcplantdb

[Chad Knepp <pyg@galatea.org>]

Bear Kaufmann writes:
 > Hi all,
 > 
 > Congrats on the letter from Encarta to PFAF. It'd definitely increase 
 > visibility to a lot of users (and draw eyes from folk looking for the 
 > name of cabbage).
 > 
 > Last night I searched around, and played with some graphing engines, 
 > and producing dynamic XML from the database on the fly.
 > Here, I'm finding all the uses used by a plant Family, then graphing it 
 > out. You can start to see the connections/relatedness in terms of use.
 > 
 > Check out:
 > http://www.permaculture.info/test/graph/perfuse_dev.php
 > 
 > Proof of concept. Best proof? Hardly, but a start.

Very nice, Richard did a demo app like this earlier.  I'm curious as
to how it connects to the info.  Static file?  I think xml-rpc will be
pretty handy for connecting the data to a GBI part. 

 > There are improvements I'd make on some of the settings for the physics 
 > of the graph, but I don't have access to that right now.
 > Still looking for the best system to use. A Flash/Actionscript app may 
 > play across more platforms, more smoothly, though the platform is non 
 > OS (if we wish to only use OS).
 > Java seems to have some compatibility issues (ie Firefox doesn't like 
 > the app on my system. :-P ). If anyone runs across Open Source graph 
 > viewers sent them my way.

Worked fine for me (1.0.4).  

 > There is also a free Hyperbolic graph viewer (someone sent a link to 
 > one a while ago). It works, and is pretty cool. I'm using a similar 
 > graph of family to uses with it, which is not the strong point of the 
 > viewer. It's probably best for (loosely or unlinked) tree graphs. A 
 > taxonomic tree for example. I won't upload it, since it's not quite 
 > useful yet.
 > 
 > Cheers,
 > Bear

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Chad Knepp
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