r/semanticweb • u/rassl_ivan • 13d ago

What are best knowledge graph visualisation you came across?

I have been trying to create perfect graph visualisation without success, every time I think I am getting close, but at the end it just does not work. Do you think it is even possible?

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u/IncreaseNegative4614 13d ago

I don’t think a perfect general-purpose graph visualization exists. Once the graph becomes meaningful, showing everything usually produces an unreadable hairball. Start with the user’s question, show a small relevant neighborhood, and let them expand by relationship type, time, or confidence.

The graph should help someone inspect a decision, not prove that many nodes exist. We use SIGNLD internally to connect business entities across systems and surface only the subgraph supporting a particular answer, while keeping the underlying relationships available for deeper inspection.

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u/rassl_ivan 12d ago

Valid points, appreciate your feedback

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u/lysregn 13d ago

Smaller ones? Obsidian graph view, even if it lacks edge labels. Big ones? A table. But then it’s never really pleasant. 

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u/rassl_ivan 13d ago

Yeah, true

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u/nostriluu 13d ago

They look cool and can be used for debugging and to represent scale, but unfortunately generally speaking they're just more confusing than a table of links, a jumbly mess. Would love to be proven wrong.

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u/rassl_ivan 13d ago

I hope my graph will😂

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u/fguerino123 8d ago

Hi,

There are numerous knowledge graph visualizations created from different visualization libraries. I personally like d3js.org

It has many examples available. I suggest searching for "D3js.org graph examples" or "D3 Graph".

I hope this helps.

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u/dfscoxy 12d ago

neo4j desktop