[Netron-graphlib] Cobalt 2.2.2007 question, etc.

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Greetings,

Just came across Francoise's Netron effort a few days ago, and am quite impressed.  My opinion of
Belgians has shot up dramatically :-)

Fiddling with the Cobalt application, I see that when the application is run, shapes can be
dragged onto a diagram.  Is there a corresponding way to place new connections/edges in the
diagram?

I volunteered to assist with the development of a "Hypergraph" for the Novamente AGI (artificial
general intelligence) project.  It was a great surprise to find the Netron has many of the same
interactive features we had envisioned, with many of the problems solved in a much more elegant
way that I would have been able to do.

Francois said, "I try to imagine an interesting application . . . if anybody of you has a great
idea, let me know."  Well, the Novamente project may be an opportunity for an interesting app with
cool graphics and interaction resulting.  This would not be a common application, however.

I was experimenting with shaped controls with GDI+ in VB.Net when Netron was discovered.  We need
about eight node shapes and a few edge types.  One variation we will work on is the ability of an
edge to point to the middle of another edge.

Cheers,

Kevin C.
www.ellaz.com

P.S. Below is a small sample of the type of XML that Novemente will use for specifying nodes and
edges for graphical display.  There is work to be done stepping through the XML to identify the
nodes and edges.  Once that is done, it looks like Netron will be fine for displaying the results.
 We also want to be able to allow users to add nodes/edges and display/change properties, which 
Cobalt seems set to do. 

<ImplicationHOJ strength=".99" confidence=".99">
    <And>
	  <InheritanceLink>
            <Element name="$X" class="Variable"/>
      	    <Element name="country" class="ConceptNode"/		
	  </InheritanceLink>
	  <InheritanceLink>
            <Element name="$X" class="Variable"/>
      	    <Element name="oilRich" class="ConceptNode"/		
	  </InheritanceLink>
    </And>
	  <InheritanceLink strength=.6 confidence=.7>
            <Element name="$X" class="Variable"/>
            <Element name="wealthy" class="ConceptNode"/>
	  </InheritanceLink>
</ImplicationHOJ>

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