[x3d-public] network nodes visualization, was Anchor description

[Andreas Plesch]

Dear Vlado,

Congratulations on getting your article on network analysis published.
Let me share  your github repo since it has many examples of the
generated X3D visualizations and the R generation code:

https://github.com/bavla/ibm3m

like this one:

http://vladowiki.fmf.uni-lj.si/doku.php?id=vlado:work:2m:mwn:x3d:ol16core

Thanks for considering x3d,

Andreas

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 7:40 PM Batagelj, Vladimir
<vladimir.batagelj at fmf.uni-lj.si> wrote:
>
> Dear Andreas,
>
> Once again, thank you very much for your help.
> https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13278-024-01283-0
>
> best regards,   Vlado
>
> Vladimir Batagelj
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Andreas Plesch <andreasplesch at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2023 12:49 AM
> To: Batagelj, Vladimir <vladimir.batagelj at fmf.uni-lj.si>
> Cc: x3dom-developers at lists.sourceforge.net <x3dom-developers at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [x3dom-developers] Anchor description
>
> Hi Vlado,
>
> Super. Please feel free to share any interesting results, perhaps of
> networks, on x3dom-developers, x3dom-users or the x3d-public mailing
> lists.
>
> I added the description field value to the log output in the latest
> dev version, and fixed Anchor behaviour for empty urls as it is
> explicitly specified.
>
> You may be interested in the x3d python package
> (https://pypi.org/project/x3d/) which helps with generating conforming
> x3d output.
>
> Best regards, Andreas
>
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 6:04 PM Batagelj, Vladimir
> <vladimir.batagelj at fmf.uni-lj.si> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Andreas,
> >
> > thank you very much for your help. Your solution is what I was searching for.
> > Yes, it is a good idea to add the description to the log message.
> >
> > best regards,     Vlado
> >
> > Vladimir Batagelj
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Andreas Plesch <andreasplesch at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2023 5:51 AM
> > To: Batagelj, Vladimir <vladimir.batagelj at fmf.uni-lj.si>
> > Cc: x3dom-developers at lists.sourceforge.net <x3dom-developers at lists.sourceforge.net>
> > Subject: Re: [x3dom-developers] Anchor description
> >
> > Hi Vladimir,
> >
> > https://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-1/V4.0/index.html
> > has the standard specification of the Anchor node. It is mostly used
> > with an URL to load other content.
> >
> > How the description field is used varies from browser to browser.
> > x3dom shows a message in the debug log ("d" key) but it does not
> > currently include the description. It is probably a good idea to add
> > the description to the log message in an update.
> >
> > If you want to stay with an X3D only solution, you could use a
> > TouchSensor and route the description field to a Text node, in some
> > way.
> >
> > But it sounds like you are considering a javascript/HTML solution. You
> > would need to know a little bit about HTML/DOM and javascript.
> >
> > Ok, I put together a codepen which shows one way to listen to a click
> > event on an Anchor and then use the description on the web page:
> >
> > https://codepen.io/andreasplesch/pen/JjByYQa?editors=1000
> >
> > It follows more or less the example you found but without jquery and a
> > bit simpler. Take a look,
> >
> > Cheers, Andreas
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 8:55 PM Batagelj, Vladimir
> > <vladimir.batagelj at fmf.uni-lj.si> wrote:
> > >
> > > In my X3D files, I am using node <Anchor> with the attribute description. See the attached X3D file. This enables me in some X3D viewers to identify a node by pointing to it. In the viewer view3dscene (see the attached PNG) I pointed to the red node and obtained in the report window the corresponding description info "1: Fire".
> > >
> > > How can I achieve this in X3DOM ?
> > > The documentation https://doc.x3dom.org/author/Networking/Anchor.html says
> > >
> > > The description field in the Anchor node specifies a textual description of the Anchor node. This may be used by browser-specific user interfaces that wish to present users with more detailed information about the Anchor.
> > >
> > > I found an example, see https://doc.x3dom.org/tutorials/animationInteraction/picking/example.html, which is very close to the solution of my problem. I tried to adapt it without success.
> > >
> > > Can somebody help me to adapt this example or suggest some other approach?
> > >
> > > best,
> > >
> > > Vladimir Batagelj
> > >
> > >
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