MemeBrane

MemeBrane is a web-based Flask application that browses a public TheBrain graph database.

meme (n.) - a small particle of human culture.

brane (n.) - an object that generalizes the notion of a point particle to higher dimensions.

Installation

Clone this repo and cd into its directory.

Set up a Python virtual environment with venv orvirtualenv:

virtualenv -p python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install libraries:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run application:

flask run

Usage

Visit the application at http://localhost:5000/ It will lead you to the default thought for the default brain. (We need to use the brain list instead.)

It is also possible to ask for the data in 'text/csv' or 'application/json' with Accept: mimetype header. The following list shows what information is included in the views. The defaults are given for the html view; the data views include more links by default.

• json (False): Show the raw json in the html view.
• parents (True): Show the parents of the node
• children (True): Show the children of the node
• siblings (True): Show siblings of the node (unless the parent is a type)
• jumps (True): Show jump links starting from the node
• tags (True): Show tag nodes associated with the node
• of_tags (True): Show nodes with that tag (on a tag node)
• same_type (False): Show other nodes sharing the types of this node (siblings through type)
• text_links (False): Show nodes linked to this node through a link in the body text
• text_backlinks (False): Show nodes that link to this node through a link in the body text
• with_attachments (False): Include attachment information for all related nodes
• gate_counts (False): Include gate_counts in json data

The defaults given can be changed either directly with GET arguments (?arg1=true&arg2=false), or in the form of a single argument ?show=arg1,-arg2,...

Possible Future Enhancements

• allow user to enter brain_id and home_thought_id
• add CSS and better web page layout
• add caching of retrieved thoughts
• do show/hide client side, rather than server side
• add “bread crumb” trail of visited thoughts
• do better with attachments that aren’t type 3