Feature request: visualizing metadata chains

[wernersun]

@vkuznet: please consider implementing a graphical viewer for chains of metadata records that looks something like docs/images/foxden-chess.png (gh-pages branch) or foxden-infolayout.pdf.

Clicking on one of the rectangular boxes should take a user to the corresponding FOXDEN record.

Conversely, on the FOXDEN record page, there should be a link to the metadata chain in which it is embedded.

[vkuznet]

@wernersun , I implemented this feature and it is deployed on both development and production servers. The implementation is based on cytoscape JS library

Here is few real live examples:

https://foxden-dev.classe.cornell.edu:8344/graph?did=%2fbeamline%3d1a3%2fbtr%3dtomo-sim-0331145848%2fcycle%3d2026-1%2fsample_name%3dhollow_pyramid%2fready-to-publish

https://foxden-dev.classe.cornell.edu:8344/graph?did=%2fbeamline%3d1a3%2fbtr%3dtomo-sim-0330164414%2fcycle%3d2026-1%2fsample_name%3dhollow_pyramid%2fworkflow%3dtomo_combine

https://foxden-dev.classe.cornell.edu:8344/graph?did=%2fbeamline%3d3b%2fbtr%3dkoerner-4218-c%2fcycle%3d2025-2%2fspec_datafile_location%3d%2fpeek_cf_175_1%2fpeek_cf_175_1

The graph is interactive and you can click on any box to get details about the record. Keep in mind it is first implementation and we can discuss how to improve it further.

[vkuznet]

@keara-soloway , @rolfverberg please review the provided graph web UI feature and I want to use a dataset with specific did to test a full graph. For that did we need the following pieces:

• inject into foxden-dev one metadata record
• inject (series) of specscans records
• run CHAP over this metadata record did, and inject processed metadata record
• create doi record from processed record (add some additional metadata recrods)

Doing this will create a full graph and we can visualize and discuss it further. Please let me know if you can provide first three bullets (metadata record, specscans, and CHAP record), and I'll do the rest.

[vkuznet]

@keara-soloway , @rolfverberg I'm pinging you again on this issue as I need your help with validation of this feature. See my previous post.