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Archive for March, 2009
Keeping up to date
Monday, March 30th, 2009Data visualization - Topics graph
Thursday, March 12th, 2009I’ve added the data visualization of the topics graph feature to the application. Basically, it shows those topics that are related to the current topic. By default, it will show you those topics that are one level (or ‘jump’) away. However, it is possible to increase the range to a maximum of three levels.
Obviously, the topics graph is ‘live’. That is, as you navigate around the topic map, it updates on the fly. The next logical step would be adding the possibility to use the actual topic graph to navigate, that is, double-clicking on a given topic within the graph will make that topic the current topic.
With topic maps, it’s all about context… the visualization of the topic graph makes the context of any given topic immediately apparent.
Anyway, check out the screen shot.
Keeping this blog entry short… so much code, so little time 
PolishedCode’s Topics application has reached Alpha status
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009Topics, the application, has reached Alpha status. I would like to take this opportunity to provide a birds-eye overview of the application: Topics is a topic map-based information repository and knowledge management tool. It’s a desktop application built with Adobe AIR for personal use. Furthermore, it uses Adobe AIR’s embedded database, SQLite for its data storage (that is, it does not depend on an Internet connection to work).
A tentative road map for the development of the application is as follows:
- March 01, 2009: Alpha release
- May 01, 2009: Beta release
- June 01, 2009: Release Candidate 1
- July 01, 2009: Release Candidate 2
- July 15, 2009: Final release of version 1.0
