Simpler GEXF format when exporting grouped partitions?
Posted: 01 Sep 2010 14:42
Hi,
If I understood correctly:
Nodes of a graph can be grouped according to partitions:
If I have a network of 100 nodes, with a partition which creates two groups of 60 and 40 nodes, then it is possible to visualize a simple graph with two nodes: one for the group of 60 nodes, the other for the group of 40 nodes.
My question relates to the exportation of this grouped (aggregated) graph of two nodes
=> it can be exported in GDF and CSV (I did not check for GraphML): I get the code for a graph made of 2 nodes.
=> but the exportation with GEXF creates a mix of the previous graph (100 nodes) and the new, aggregated graph (2 nodes). I am sure that the GEPHI team did that to be helpful and offer both the aggregated and disaggregated graph in one GEXF file, but the result makes it very hard in fact to work on the aggregated mode (=> the two nodes of the aggregated level!)
Would it be possible to implement an export of partitioned graphs in the GEXF format which functions as simply as it is currently the case in GDF and CSV?
Thx!
Clement
If I understood correctly:
Nodes of a graph can be grouped according to partitions:
If I have a network of 100 nodes, with a partition which creates two groups of 60 and 40 nodes, then it is possible to visualize a simple graph with two nodes: one for the group of 60 nodes, the other for the group of 40 nodes.
My question relates to the exportation of this grouped (aggregated) graph of two nodes
=> it can be exported in GDF and CSV (I did not check for GraphML): I get the code for a graph made of 2 nodes.
=> but the exportation with GEXF creates a mix of the previous graph (100 nodes) and the new, aggregated graph (2 nodes). I am sure that the GEPHI team did that to be helpful and offer both the aggregated and disaggregated graph in one GEXF file, but the result makes it very hard in fact to work on the aggregated mode (=> the two nodes of the aggregated level!)
Would it be possible to implement an export of partitioned graphs in the GEXF format which functions as simply as it is currently the case in GDF and CSV?
Thx!
Clement