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Make the relations between objects more visual as a kind of report.

Make the relations between objects more visual as a kind of report.
Relationships between topics (conref, references, etc.) and maybe other publications can be found this way.
Through visualization, more insight can be gained into a publication.



Complex network visualization of Tridion Docs Ideas showing various interconnected nodes and clusters in different colors representing relationships between topics and publications.

Roy Janssen
  • in reply to Joe Pairman

    Hello Joe, can we schedule a meeting to give a presentation and demonstration?

  • in reply to Joe Pairman

    Hello Joe,

    If it is possible to create a graphical view, where objects of different types are easily recognized by the use of specific symbols or icons, and where the relationships between them are visualized as lines or arrows, it would help in understanding the “construction” of a publication. This could be beneficial in a number of situations:

    1. When publications become more complex, one can lose oversight of the structure and struggle to understand how navigation by means of hyperlinks is implemented.
    2. If more authors, over time, maintain a publication, it is not always evident what structural choices were made by individuals and how chapters or larger functional parts interlink and how they depend on each other.
    3. Easy detection of faults e.g.
      1. links to objects that are not part of the publication (dead links)
      2. links between fully unrelated chapters or unrelated functional clusters of topics (fraudulent links)
      3. inconsistent use of symbolic links (keyrefs)
      4. deviations from defined navigation strategies or requirements
    4. Detection of “one-to-many” or “many-to-one” constructs.
    5. Some people are strongly graphical oriented,“A picture says more than a thousand words”.

    We prepared a presentation and demo.
    Perhaps we can schedule something to explain the idea?

  • Thanks Roy. Before thinking about specific visualizations (which is a big topic) and the architectural changes needed to drive them (which is a bigger topic), could you spell out some specific tasks that you're seeking to streamline with this? For example, is it that authors want an different way to find all the publications where a specific topic is used? (Or within a publication to see all the topics that are reused somewhere?) Or is it more like an indication of total reuse that you'd be looking to get. Or something else entirely?

    This kind of context helps us connect the request to similar use cases where they may exist, or even encourage other customers to post their own perspectives and possible current approaches.

    Thanks in advance for any more narrative you can help us to put around this!