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( subtitle - "Does the Semantic Web behave like a living system?" )

One can find amazing things when not looking for them.
Let's call that peripheral vision, ok?

Quote from the webpage:

" The goal of this work is to show how to model and analyse the Semantic Web as a whole, i.e. as a complex system.

To explain the difference between simple and complex systems, the terms “interconnected” or “interwoven” are somehow essential. Qualitatively, to understand the behaviour of a complex system, we must understand not only how the parts interact but also how they act together to form the behaviour of the whole. "

Found this link while looking for graph analysis and visualization software.

This research project uses software called Pajek - a tool for large network analysis.
Looks very powerful. With so many options available I just feel lost - where do we begin?

And another question - it does not understand GraphViz .DOT files.
Is there a converter from .DOT to Pajek's file format?

See also:
1. Del.icio.us - graph-drawing
2. Pajek (Package for Large Network Analysis) HOW-TO
3. Search Strategy: Search with peripheral vision

BTW program's name Pajek comes from a Slovenian word for spider.