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== The usual way: read GraphML ==
== The usual way: read GraphML ==
[[GraphML]] is the usual file format for visone; it encodes the three types of information that are contained in visone networks: network structure, attributes, and graphical information and it is the only format that does so. To read network data from GraphML files use the [[File_menu|'''file menu''']], click on '''open...''', select '''files of type''' ''.graphml'', and click on the '''ok''' button.
The other file types are only needed when you want to import data from other sources that cannot output GraphML.


== An overview about the other possibilities ==
== An overview about the other possibilities ==

Revision as of 20:25, 17 March 2012

Normally, visone reads network data from GraphML files, which should never cause any problems. However, in some cases it is necessary to import data stemming from other sources that can, for instance, export adjacency matrices to comma-separated-value (CSV) tables. This tutorial guides you through the various possibilities to input data into visone.

The usual way: read GraphML

GraphML is the usual file format for visone; it encodes the three types of information that are contained in visone networks: network structure, attributes, and graphical information and it is the only format that does so. To read network data from GraphML files use the file menu, click on open..., select files of type .graphml, and click on the ok button.

The other file types are only needed when you want to import data from other sources that cannot output GraphML.

An overview about the other possibilities

The variants of comma-separated-value (CSV) tables

Adjacency matrix files

Link list files

Adjacency list files

Other supported formats