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Force-directed Layout

To get an initial look at our data, let's draw a simple node-link diagram, with tooltips displaying the name for each node.

Visualization​

NetPanorama specification​


{
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "players",
      "format": {"type": "csv"},
      "url": "/data/tulip/chess.candidates.1948.1990.csv",
      "transform": [{"type": "addIndex", "as": "id"}]
    },
    {
      "name": "games",
      "format": {"type": "csv"},
      "url": "/data/tulip/wcc.games.1948.1990.csv"
    }
  ],

  "networks": [
    {
      "name": "net",
      "nodes": "players",
      "links": "games",
      "directed": false,
      "source_node": [ "Name", "Player 1" ],
      "target_node": [ "Name",  "Player 2" ]
    }
  ],


  "layouts": [
    {
      "name": "net-layout",
      "network": "net",
      "type": "d3-force"
    }
  ],
  "vis": [
    {
      "entries": "net.links",
      "layout": "net-layout",
      "mark": {
        "type": "linkpath",
        "start": "source",
        "end": "target"
      }
    },
    {
      "entries": "net.nodes",
      "layout": "net-layout",
      "mark": {
        "type": "circle",
        "area": 70,
        "fill": "steelblue",
        "tooltip": {  "field": "Name" }
      }
    }
  ]
}