Datacopia is a

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tool that automatically generates charts and

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s from structured and

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Context

Representing data using charts is a difficult task from two perspectives. The first is that it is not always clear which chart type best represents a dataset. The second, and more difficult of the two, is understanding what useful information even exists in the data before it can be visualized. Datacopia attempts to resolve these difficulties by automating both the data analysis and chart selection processes.

Technology

Datacopia is built in

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and runs on any platform with a browser that supports the Html5 canvas element. It makes use of D3.js and th
NVD3
library to provide its interactive graphics. It uses the

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stack. Datacopia allows generated charts to be posted to social media sites and blogs. Datacopia offers an

API An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how ...

that allows developers to embed Datacopia functionality within their software and websites. This API is already used by the Qiqqa research management software to automatically turn tables of results in PDFs into charts.

References

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