Tom Sawyer Perspectives, Java Edition

Release 3.0.0

Overview

Tom Sawyer Perspectives now provides RDF data integration and integrated graph analysis, including new centrality algorithms for social network analysis. In addition, all of the documentation is in HTML format, with global search capability.

New

Analysis

• Added centrality algorithms for social network analysis (SNA)

Data Integration

• Added support for RDF data sources
• Added support for Oracle Database Semantic Technologies
• Schema updates for the database integrator are now cancelable in the Designer

Documentation

• Added search capability across all documentation
• Tutorial for RDF data integration
• Tutorial for graph analysis integration
• Additional examples for cycle detection, traversals, partitioning, and path finding

Improvements

Technology

• Improved support for UTF-8 encoding
• Added more list functions, including $list(), $listContains(), $listContainsAll(), and $listContainsAny()
• Added more mathematical functions, including $concat(), $power(), $log(), and $ln()
• Improved the data types supported by various list functions
• Many functions now support an unlimited number of arguments

Interaction

• Multiple items in the Designer window can now be selected and deleted
• Designer and Previewer window size changes are now saved and restored
• Tables can now be sorted by a computed attribute
• Projects are automatically saved before opening the Previewer window

Layout

• All layout
  • Enhanced node and edge embedding during incremental layout
  • Enhanced moveable connector placement when multiple edges are attached
• Circular layout
  • Improved cluster spacing
  • Improved node spacing within clusters
  • Refined drawing fitting
• Symmetric layout
  • Refined drawing fitting
• Labeling
  • Improved label placement with orthogonal routing

Documentation

• Improved and expanded API documentation
• Converted all documentation to HTML format

System Requirements

• Added support for Apple Mac OS X Lion 10.7
• These browsers have been added:
  • Apple Safari 5.1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0
• Dropped support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0
• Added support for GWT 2.3
• Dropped support GWT 2.1

Fixes

• Layout calculates optimal expanded node sizes when fixed connector labels are present
• Resolved memory leak in Text Integrator preview panel
• Resolved deadlock in JDBC binding editor panel
• Drawing fitting is respected when arranging connected components in the orthogonal layout style
• Add Bundle and Add Edge constraint actions are saved correctly to projects
• Default icons for various drawing view actions have been added
• The Image Interpolation option can be changed in the Designer
• Boolean renderers work correctly with web-based Previewer
• A tree item containing a combo box can now be selected

Issues

• None