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Download actor network files
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Actors
Actor
The actor this download will concentrate on. Leave blank to download the whole network.
Max degrees of separation
How far out from the actor? Leave blank to have no limit. Not applicable if second actor filled in.
Second actor
A second actor this download will concentrate on. This enables the network to concentrate on the relationships joining 2 actors.
Cleaning
None
Remove isolated actors
Remove isolated and leaf actors
Remove isolated and leaf actors - recursive
Clean up actors: choose to omit any isolated actors (no connections to any others - note this is done automatically if a network focus actor is specified above), leaf actors (a actor with a single connection), or repeatedly remove leaf actors (multiple passes - be aware this will remove a string of actors which form a line or star layout).
Output file format
File type
GEXF (1.3draft)
GraphML (1.0)
GEDCOM (5.5.1)
UCINET
Weighted edge list
Edge list
Adjacency matrix
GEXF is the recommended file format for use with the Gephi social network analysis tool.
Similarly, GraphML is the recommended file format for use with SocNetV.
GEDCOM is the standard file format for genealogical data: this file type only represents parent/parent and parent/child relationships.
Not all the data is represented in all file formats, and not all facilities available in all file formats are utilised.
Label format
Name (ID)
Name
ID
The format of the actor labels when the file format allows it: not applicable for adjacency matrices or GED files.
Directed network
Symmetric
Directed
Reversed
Data set
Affiliation types
All
Null affiliation
Family
Non-family
Not used for GEDCOM file formats.