Harnessing WebGL and WebSockets for a Web-Based Collaborative Graph Exploration Tool

Björn Zimmer; Andreas Kerren

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19890-3_37

Harnessing WebGL and WebSockets for a Web-Based Collaborative Graph Exploration Tool

Björn Zimmer, Andreas Kerren

Research Center Hagenberg

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Abstract

The advancements of web technologies in recent years made it possible to switch from traditional desktop software to online solutions. Today, people naturally use web applications to work together on documents, spreadsheets, or blogs in real time. Also interactive data visualizations are more and more shared in the web. They are thus easily accessible, and it is possible to collaboratively discuss and explore complex data sets. A still open problem in collaborative information visualization is the online exploration of node-link diagrams of graphs (or networks) in fields such as social sciences or systems biology. In this paper, we address challenges related to this research problem and present a client/server-based visualization system for the collaborative exploration of graphs. Our approach uses WebGL to render large graphs in a web ap plication and provides tools to coordinate the analysis process of multiple users in synchronous as well as asynchronous sessions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Engineering the Web in the Big Data Era - 15th International Conference, ICWE 2015, Proceedings
Editors	Flavius Frasincar, Geert-Jan Houben, Philipp Cimiano, Daniel Schwabe
Publisher	Springer
Pages	583-598
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319198897
ISBN (Print)	0302-9743
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19890-3_37
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	15th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2015) - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 23 Jun 2015 → 26 Jun 2015 http://icwe2015.webengineering.org

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9114
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	15th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2015)
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Rotterdam
Period	23.06.2015 → 26.06.2015
Internet address	http://icwe2015.webengineering.org

Keywords

Collaboration
Graph drawing
Network visualization
Web user interfaces
WebGL
WebSockets

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Zimmer, B., & Kerren, A. (2015). Harnessing WebGL and WebSockets for a Web-Based Collaborative Graph Exploration Tool. In F. Frasincar, G.-J. Houben, P. Cimiano, & D. Schwabe (Eds.), Engineering the Web in the Big Data Era - 15th International Conference, ICWE 2015, Proceedings (pp. 583-598). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9114). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19890-3_37

Zimmer, Björn ; Kerren, Andreas. / Harnessing WebGL and WebSockets for a Web-Based Collaborative Graph Exploration Tool. Engineering the Web in the Big Data Era - 15th International Conference, ICWE 2015, Proceedings. editor / Flavius Frasincar ; Geert-Jan Houben ; Philipp Cimiano ; Daniel Schwabe. Springer, 2015. pp. 583-598 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Zimmer, B & Kerren, A 2015, Harnessing WebGL and WebSockets for a Web-Based Collaborative Graph Exploration Tool. in F Frasincar, G-J Houben, P Cimiano & D Schwabe (eds), Engineering the Web in the Big Data Era - 15th International Conference, ICWE 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9114, Springer, pp. 583-598, 15th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2015), Rotterdam, Netherlands, 23.06.2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19890-3_37

Harnessing WebGL and WebSockets for a Web-Based Collaborative Graph Exploration Tool. / Zimmer, Björn; Kerren, Andreas.
Engineering the Web in the Big Data Era - 15th International Conference, ICWE 2015, Proceedings. ed. / Flavius Frasincar; Geert-Jan Houben; Philipp Cimiano; Daniel Schwabe. Springer, 2015. p. 583-598 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9114).

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Zimmer B, Kerren A. Harnessing WebGL and WebSockets for a Web-Based Collaborative Graph Exploration Tool. In Frasincar F, Houben GJ, Cimiano P, Schwabe D, editors, Engineering the Web in the Big Data Era - 15th International Conference, ICWE 2015, Proceedings. Springer. 2015. p. 583-598. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-19890-3_37

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