NetKarma Evaluation

This evaluation focuses on the NetKarma project software and documentation made available in March and April 2012:

1. ​NetKarma GUSH Adaptor version 2.5.1 and ​Quick Start Guide for version 2.5.1
2. ​NetKarma NS2 Adaptor Version 1.0.0, ​NetKarma NS2 Adaptor User Manual, and ​Instructions for the NetKarma Provenance Toolkit for NS2 Experiments
3. ​NetKarma Cytoscape Visualization Plug-In Version 1.2.1, and ​NetKarma Cytoscape Visualization Plug-In Manual for Version 1.2.0

Evaluation Time Frame: April 9, 2012 -??

NetKarma Findings

NetKarma How-to

0. Using the ​Quick Start Guide for version 2.5.1 followed to install the Cytoscape visualization tool, the NetKarma Adaptor, and the NetKarma plug-ins for Cytoscape.

1. Quick Start Guide instructs to download the Cytoscape visualization tool version 2.8.1 or later from ​http://www.cytoscape.org. Downloaded Cytoscape version 2.8.2 and installed it.

Step 2: Download, build, and configure version 2.5.1 of the NetKarma Adaptor available at: ​http://d2i.indiana.edu/sites/default/files/karma-adaptor-2.5.1.tar.gz. As suggested, also download NetKarma Adaptor user manual for instructions on building the Adaptor:

  $ wget http://d2i.indiana.edu/sites/default/files/netkarma-gush-adaptor_v2.5_user_manual.pdf
  $ wget http://d2i.indiana.edu/sites/default/files/karma-adaptor-2.5.1.tar.gz
  $ tar xvzf karma-adaptor-2.5.1.tar.gz
  $ cd  Karma-adaptor

Had to install ant package. Need to configure "Karma-Adaptor/config/karma-adaptor.properties" not sure how to fill values yet."

TO DO:

  $ wget http://d2i.indiana.edu/sites/default/files/ns2adaptor.tar
  $ wget http://d2i.indiana.edu/sites/default/files/netkarma_visualization_plugin-1.2.1.tar.gz