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Grano: A Python tool for investigating influence
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Friedrich Lindenberg
September 13, 2014
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Grano: A Python tool for investigating influence
Friedrich Lindenberg
September 13, 2014
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Transcript
PYTHON TOOLS FOR Investigating Influence
None
BACKBONE SERVICES for JOURNALISTS and ACTIVISTS Open AFRICA SOURCE AFRICA
AFRI LEAKS AFRICAN SPENDING CONNECTED AFRICA
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS
WHAT DO THEY DO? HOW DO THEY DO IT?
INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES MINE DOCS AND DATA MAP OUT NETWORKS CONSTRAINTS
LEGALLY ACTIONABLE PROTECT SOURCES
BIOS/FAMILY COMPANY DIRECTORS NGO DIRECTORS COURT CASES PARTY MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEES
FINANCIAL INTERESTS GOV CONTRACTS STRUCTURAL TRANSACTIONAL
JOURNALISTIC QUERIES PERSON COMPANY PUBLIC BODY PERSON
INFLUENCE MAPPING
HTTP://GRANOPROJECT.oRG
Network analysis tool Integrate messy data Full provenance REQUIREMENTS
BACKENDS
DETOUR: LINKED DATA https://github.com/uf6/design/issues
SQL: STILL PRETTY AWESOME
DATA MODEL I’LL BUY A COPY OF OMNIGRAfFLE SOON. PROMISE.
DATA LOADING SCRAPERS CSV FILES SCRAPERS GRANO LOADER GRANO API
PROFIT! GOOGLE DOCS YAML MAPPINGS ALIAS MAPPINGS REFINE SCHEMA
DATA LOADING SCRAPERS CSV FILES SCRAPERS GRANO LOADER GRANO API
PROFIT! GOOGLE DOCS YAML MAPPINGS ALIAS MAPPINGS REFINE SCHEMA
DE-DUPE IS HELL
EXTERNAL INTERFACES (FROZEN) FLASK REST API CLIENTS
ANALYTICAL INTERFACES FIND STORIES MANAGE EVIDENCE
QUERY LANGUAGE GRANO QL = STUPID MQL MQL (FREEBASE/GOOGLE) -
QUERY BY JSON EXAMPLE CYPHER (NEO4J) - SQL FOR GRAPHS SPARQL (RDF/LINKED DATA) - SQL FOR LINKED DATA
QUERY TOOL (WIP!) ANGULAR.JS D3 + DUCT TAPE
Great query tool FEDERATED Data enrichment “Soup (docs) to sense
(relations)” Roll out to other countries THE FUTURE
THANKS
[email protected]
http://granoproject.org LOOKING FOR FRONT-END JS DEVS!