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Using CableWeaver

As you can see on the sidebar, there are 3 stages involved:

  1. Search for graphs
  2. Select a graph
  3. Inspect the graph

Searching for graphs

In the 1. Search for graphs section, enter the cable MRNs you're interested in. Simply put them in the text box, one MRN per line.

You can search for MRNs in any of the following fine establishments.

If you don't have any specific MRNs in mind, and just want to get the feel of the system, click on the example link and it would paste a few MRNs into the text box.

Selecting a graph

In the 2. Select a graph section, you'll see a menu of all graphs that contain any of the MRNs you've entered in your search.

Note:

  • Not all MRNs have a graph containing them. If you get a No graphs found message, try other MRNs. Note that searching for a large number of MRNs is not a costly operation, so you can start by entering any MRN that might be relevant to what you're looking for, and see which MRNs actually appear in CableWeaver's graphs.
  • Graphs are represented by the MRNs they contain, and you may see more than one entry with the same "name", but they are different graphs that happen to contain the same MRNs from your search.
  • Some graphs contain too many nodes to be useful (at least with CableWeaver), but in such cases you should also see "manageable" partial graphs that contain some of the MRNs you're looking for.

Inspecting a graph

Once you select a graph, you'll see it on the main area of the browser, as a collection of nodes (circles) representing cables and links (lines) representing reference between 2 cables. Each link has an arrow-head pointing to the referred-to (i.e. earlier) cable.

Navigation and manual layout

  • Hover over a node to see details of the cable it represents.
  • Click on a node to open the related cable in a new tab.
  • Shift+click on the node to toggle between manual placement and auto placement modes (see below). Default is auto placement.
  • When you drag a node, all nodes in auto placement mode rearrange themselves as if the links were "rubber bands".
  • When you release a node that is in auto placement mode, it snaps into place according to the "rubber bands" attached to it. This is why it is usually best to switch a node to manual placement before dragging it.

Legend

  • Larger nodes represent MRNs that you were searching for.
  • Node's fill color represents sending Embassy.
  • Border is dashed if cable is missing, otherwise the color represents classification (UNCLASSIFIED, CONFIDENTIAL, and SECRET).
  • Border is darker when node is in manual placement mode.
  • Border width represents node's HITS authority (how "strongly" it is involved in [in]direct reference).
  • Link arrowhead points to the referenced (i.e. earlier) cable.
  • Link width represents [betweenness centrality](The color represents the embassy send://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betweenness_centrality) of the reference (in how many shortest-paths between pairs of cables it appears).

Timeline

The timeline section is still under construction. Stay tuned...

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