ORB Visualization
(soon)
Tutorial on the first FCC ORB
and the fable ORB
This tutorial takes the minimal steps
needed to look at the Ontology referential Bases (ORBs) in their dynamic
state. The basic SLIP tools are freely
downloaded and can be used to modify ORBs or to even take in new information
and create new ORBs. Anyone can download this software from [1] and [2].
The SLIP software was designed by
Paul Prueitt and coded by Don E Mitchell in 2001 – 2002. We intend to one day come back to this code
and include the designed but not yet coded generalFramework browser [3].
The two ORBs are the fable ORB,
[1]
and the FIRST FCC ORB [2]. The
First FCC ORB was produced from 24 documents provided to OntologyStream as a
test for taxonomy development, but which was not refined. The fable ORB is created from the 312 Aesop
fables and has been refined.
Figure 1: The two
zip files and unzipped folders
Download the two zipped files from
the OntologyStream Inc website [1] and [2]. Unzip
both downloads into a single folder.
This will produce two folders, each having a complete set of (independent)
software executables.
Figure 2: The
contents of the center folder
We originally named the FCC data’s
first ORB “center” because of a process that was manually completed to select a
subset of the entire ORB so that we could generate a set of 30 Subject Matter
Indictor neighborhoods [4].
This set of neighborhoods is
printed onto business cards stock for discussion and demonstration.
The programs Splitter.exe and
SLIPWH.exe can be opened and used, but are not necessary to this tutorial. Other SLIP tutorials [5] talk about their
function.
The SLIPEvents.exe is launched by
double clicks on visualization of hierarchical nodes seen in the SLIPCore
(Figure 4)
Click on the icon in the folder and
launch the SLIPCore.exe to see the screen as in Figure 3.
Figure 3: The
initial state of the SLIPCore browser
There are a large number of commands that can be typed
into the “Do Command” field. Type in
“help”. Many of these commands are used
to develop the data. But in our
tutorial we want to see data that has already been developed. So type in “load”.
Figure 4: Data
loaded and one of the nodes selected
In Figure 4 the data has loaded. Node A1 has 1898 categoricalAbstraction (cA)
atoms, each of which is also a Subject Matter Indicator neighborhood.
The 1898 cA atoms together form an ORB, as do each
of the collections related to the other nodes in the SLIPCore browser.
Double clicking on any one of these nodes will
launch the other browser and loads the related ORB into a Referential
Information Base (RIB).
The RIB is an encoding format that is an innovation
that allows certain types of magic to occur.
Peer-2-Peer many to many communication is made possible.
Figure 5: Selection
of one of the ORBs
Double click on any of the ORB nodes to launch the
eventChemistry browser (SLIPEvents.exe).
Doubling clicking on the Q3 ORB node creates an I-RIB
and renders the data into the screen in Figure 6.
Figure 6: The Q3 ORB
with neighborhoods scattered into a 3-D space
Now, we are almost finished with
this tutorial. The Q3 ORB is encoded
into a very small memory space.
Clicking into the atom list or the link list does the navigation. One can also click directly on the atoms or
link visual form.
Figure 7: The
selection of one of the atoms
This software requires no installation. If there is any question, please call Dr.
Paul Prueitt at 703-981-2676.
One can open up and examine, and
even change the fable ORB. The FCC data
ORB was not refined, what ever that means, but the fable ORB is refined. We describe
exactly how the first two ORBs where developed in the research notes [6].
[1] http://www.bcngroup.org/zippedTestCollections/fableORB.zip
[2] http://www.bcngroup.org/zippedTestCollections/center.zip
[3] http://www.ontologystream.com/beads/enumeration/gFfoundations.htm
[4] http://www.bcngroup.org/zippedTestCollections/fccAtoms.zip
[5] http://www.ontologystream.com/cA/index.htm
[6] http://www.ontologystream.com/beads/nationalDebate/home.htm
OntologyStream Inc
2003
A Limited Liability Partnership has been
proposed as of 11/25/03 to productize the ORB technology. Contact Dr. Paul S. Prueitt at 703-981-2676
if you are interested in participating.