programthink/zhao
Zhao
Zhao is a research ecosystem and collaborative repository designed for the mapping and documentation of political elite networks. It consists of structured YAML kinship datasets and a system for converting these records into visual relationship charts and kinship trees.
The project transforms raw relationship data into visual network maps rendered as PDF and JPEG images. This process utilizes graph visualization tools to compile structured data into downloadable assets that illustrate family connections and power networks.
The framework supports collaborative open data curation through version-controlled repositories, allowing for community contributions and peer-reviewed corrections. It includes utilities for filtering datasets by family name or political group affiliation and archiving public interest data in offline formats.
Features
- Relationship Network Maps - Generates visual representations of kinship and organizational connections among powerful families as PDF and JPEG images.
- Kinship Network Visualizers - Transforms YAML kinship records into visual relationship networks rendered as PDF and JPEG images.
- Community Contribution Models - Utilizes a crowdsourced model for accepting community submissions to expand and correct the political kinship database.
- Graph Visualizers - Implements a system to render and explore complex kinship and power relationships between data entities as visual graphs.
- Community Curation Strategies - Maintains a public record of elite networks through distributed peer review and community collaboration.
- Collaborative Datasets - Provides a version-controlled data store for crowdsourcing and maintaining records of elite political relationship networks.
- Curated Datasets - Provides cleaned and structured YAML datasets documenting the kinship networks of political elites.
- Data Visualization Charts - Compiles raw YAML data into scripts that produce visual relationship charts in PDF and JPEG formats.
- Kinship Databases - Documents and maps complex familial and power relationships of political figures using structured kinship databases.
- Kinship Network Visualizations - Converts structured data into visual family trees and relationship charts to analyze power structures.
- Kinship Datasets - Maintains a structured collection of family and power relationship data for political elites using YAML files.
- Political Network Mapping - Documents and visualizes the kinship ties and family connections of powerful political figures.
- Text-Based Data Stores - Uses structured YAML text files for kinship data persistence, facilitating version control and human readability.
- Family Tree Renderers - Renders graphical family connection trees for selected individuals or political families.
- Graph Visualization Scripts - Converts structured YAML kinship data into scripts that render visual network diagrams as static image files.
- Relationship Graph Visualizers - Compiles YAML data into visual relationship graphs to map connections between political entities.
- Collaborative Peer Reviews - Implements a peer-review process via Git pull requests and issues to ensure the accuracy of kinship records.
- Collaborative Kinship Datasets - Provides a version-controlled environment for multiple contributors to update and correct political kinship records.
- Archiving and Digital Preservation - Preserves evidence of political influence and kinship networks in downloadable, offline-ready digital archives.
- Pre-Compiled Asset Distributions - Distributes pre-compiled PDF and JPG kinship charts as static assets for offline viewing.
- Visual Data Exports - Exports structured YAML relationship data into downloadable visual formats like PDF and JPG.
- Kinship Chart Downloads - Offers downloadable PDF and JPG files of compiled kinship networks for offline viewing.
