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(still) nothing clever — Visualising predicate usage on the Semantic Web

So, not quite a billion triple challenge post, but the data is the same. I had the idea that I compare the Pay-Level-Domains (PLD) of the context of the triples based on what predicates is used within each one. Then once I had the distance-metric, I could use FastMap to visualise it. It would be a quick hack, it would look smooth and great and be fun. In the end, many hours later, it wasn’t... moreSo, not quite a billion triple challenge post, but the data is the same. I had the idea that I compare the Pay-Level-Domains (PLD) of the context of the triples based on what predicates is used within each one. Then once I had the distance-metric, I could use FastMap to visualise it. It would be a quick hack, it would look smooth and great and be fun. In the end, many hours later, it wasn’t quick, the visual is not smooth (i.e. it doesn’t move) and I don’t know if it looks so great. It was fun though. Just go there and look at it: view page