Graphical semantic reports

I might have mentioned it, but Thingamy (that run your business thing) is using "Semantic web" methods - in particular the concept of N-triples as a core when you build a model of your business.

Just added some obvious use for that core functionality: Graphical view of objects and their relations in addition to those boring standard listing or other types of reports. 

See what relates to what, click on another object see what happens there and so forth. Fits my messy brain, jumping from thing to next related thing gaining "knowledge" in the process :)

(Hat tip to Plato who helped out and defined "knowledge as how objects relate to other objects" - my kind of chap that.)

Very early still but working and allows us to play with the interaction between presentation and representation - i.e. how the core data model and the reports are dependent on each other (but should not be the same as in the ubiquitous use of documents and forms)!

Fancy front ends or tons of functions on the report side does not help much, they can never be better than the underlying data model!

Luckily that part of Thingamy - create your own model of your environment  - is a core part. Do a proper job there and no limits for the useful knowledge available at the back end!

Here's a two minutes video of this early version in a simple "build":

BTW, no Flash, just Javascripts and Common Lisp involved here - rough but simple. Could have been prettier (and will be) and MS IE 6 is a no-no I guess.

Comments

[Mike Oswalt]

Workflows lend themselves to the same type of graphical display. Speaking of "prettied up", many were all-a-Twitter over prezi http://prezi.com/ this morning. I think it is a little bit more than just a different slide transition.