251 - Network Analysis is a set of integrated techniques to depict relations among actors and to analyze the social structures that emerge from the recurrence of these relations (Science Direct).
Alt: Breaking down a topic into a network of smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it.
How can Graph View help one better understand their notes collection?
My current issues with graph view is that I don’t feel it really tells me anything new about my note collection or helps me understand it better. This could be user error, as I just don’t know how to do such analysis. It could also be the tools aren’t well developed well enough yet to gain meaningful (new & surprising) insights about my notes.
Network Analysis Examples
- Netbase Quid specializes in text-based data analysis. Quid software can read millions of documents (e.g. news articles, blog posts, company profiles, and patents) and offers insight by organizing that content visually.
- Kumu is a powerful visualization platform for mapping systems and better understanding relationships.
Visual Cues
- Vary Link Thickness
- Vary Node Size
- Vary Node Colors
- Vary Node Proximity (Forces)
- Vary Link Shapes
- Vary Node Shapes
Relationships to Map
- Tags
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Types of Tags
- Visualize Thematic Relationships
- Visualize Relationships between Keywords
- Connections between Notes
- Number of connections a note has
- Direct Links (Wiki Links)
- Indirect Links (Unmentioned Links, Backlinks, Tags)
- Metadata I’m unaware of
Future Visualizations for Obsidian
- Heatmap for Tags
- Timeline for Zettelkasten Notes
- Arc Diagram - nodes on timeline, arc links are hyperlinks to other notes