Graphs and charts toolkit

Abstract

The System wide Information Network Resources (SINGER) Toolkit is a tool that enables publishing data on the web in furtherance for information dissemination and sharing without recourse to sophisticated knowledge of web publishing. This project is meant to integrate graphs and statistical data analysis techniques on to the abstraction layer of the System Wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER) Toolkit. The objective was to transform data into meaningful computer generated images, pictures and animations, because human beings are inherently far better at understanding information in these forms. JPGRAPH-1ibrary of PHP classes, which is a set of graphing classes, has been used to construct professional looking graphs without having to delve into the GO library (Graphics library) calls and their PHP wrapper functions. R is also used for statistical analysis but in the mean time this is suited for people with knowledge in R programming. Several charts and graphs are used to analyze data tentatively from MySQL database. An interface for accessing R functions from PHP is a later development as most of the Rweb components to enable this are still under study for a windows platform.