Entity Mapper

The Entity Mapper is a tool for visualizing qualitative data as an interactive node-link diagram. The tool's main focus is on the visual interpretation of grounded theory data, but supports any data exported from Atlas.ti. The project was funded through the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC).

Fore additional information visit piim.newschool.edu/entitymapper.

Features

• Customize the color and visibility of each entity type in the visualization, including the ability to pack it's children
• Toggle entity types, collapse/expand all descentants and zoom in/out of the visualization via quick controls
• Hide datasets by making them private
• Three user roles:
  • user: can view all public datasets, cannot upload (default for new users)
  • contributor: can view all public datasets and datasets they've uploaded, can upload
  • admin: can view all public datasets and datasets they've uploaded, can upload and administer users

Dependencies

###PHP/MySQL### Because the Entity Mapper uses PHP and MySQL for data storage and retrieval, a basic LAMP stack is required.

###mod_rewrite### Apache's mod_rewrite module is used to route REST-formatted urls to a common API handler and must be enabled on the server.

Installation

After cloning this repository, cd to the directory and execute the following:

• Edit database connection information
  • vi config/db.php and enter the databse host and database name
  • For db.php's DB_USER and DB_PASS constants, either set them directly or create an .htaccess file at the document root with the following lines:
    • SetEnv HTTP_DB_USER "myuser"
    • SetEnv HTTP_DB_PASS "mypassword"
• Import MySQL structure and data
  • mysql --user=mymysqlusername --password=mymysqlpassword
  • mysql> source config/schema/structure.sql
  • mysql> source config/schema/data.sql
• Enable caching
  • Create a group-writable /cache directory
    • mkdir -m 777 cache

Once installed, create an account or login to the admin account with admin/admin. Note that it's highly recommend that you change the default admin password before using your installation.