Astronova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwhijugkqIo&ab_channel=CarlosBarranco

https://nasa-spaceapps.barrancoweb.com/

After checking several of NASA publicly available datasets, i created an ontology using Protégé, the idea was to begin with the most general classes, and then go deeper into the dozens of categories and sub categories in each one of them.

Protégé Screen Capture

Then, using the Django Python framework I built a website where I could host the ontologies, and also create an interactive data visualization graphic that would allow the user to navigate the ontology.

Nebula App Home Screen Capture

Finally, I used the D3js visualization library to import a JSON file and convert it in an animated and interactive representation

D3js visualization inside Django app

You can check the source code at https://github.com/barrancocarlos/nebula-spaceapps

The first inspiration came from the Visualization of datasets in the data.nasa.gov site, the threemap representation was very important in conceptualizing the way the ontology was going to be presented.

Then the STI Publishers and Authors at sti.nasa.gov/for-sti-publishers/ helped in giving a general sense of what the general classes could be.

Finally, the Nasa Taxonomy at webarchive.loc.gov/all/20111207224704/http:/nasataxonomy.jpl.nasa.gov/fordevelopers/

and the Nasa Thesaurus gave the insight to the more specific sub classes and relations.

I think this is one of the most gratifying experiences I've had as a developer, I had to study a lot about ontologies and about frameworks and libraries before I could start creating the app. I tried to solve the problem by approaching it as a user who knows nothing about datasets, or ontologies, and nevertheless needs to access the data for work or study purposes, so I tried to make it as simple and visual as possible.

Python Language . Available at http://www.python.org

Django Framework. Retrieved from https://www.djangoproject.com/.

Javascript Language. Documentation at https://developer.mozilla.org/es/docs/Web/JavaScript

D3.js .JavaScript library available at https://d3js.org/

Cytoscape.js .JavaScript library available at https://js.cytoscape.org/

JSON. Pezoa, F. et al., 2016. Foundations of JSON schema.

Protégé Ontology Software: Musen, M.A. The Protégé project: A look back and a look forward. AI Matters. Association of Computing Machinery Specific Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence, 1(4), June 2015. DOI: 10.1145/2557001.25757003.

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NASA STI Program. (2012). NASA thesaurus [Data file]. Retrieved from https://sti.nasa.gov/nasa-thesaurus/ launch

Visualization of datasets in the data.nasa.gov site

Nasa Taxonomy SKOS files at http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20111207224704/http:/nasataxonomy.jpl.nasa.gov/fordevelopers/

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