eTSNAP is a social network visualization tool. This free tool allows you to input a collection of paragraphs (for example, descriptions of the departments within your orgainization) and output a visual representation of the connections between the paragraphs. This text data-mining tool will help you to understand and appreciate the complex relationships between the entities represented in the descriptions.

eTSNAP utilizes natural language processing algorithms and cutting edge software developed at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to measure the similarity between two paragraphs of ordinary text, such as department descriptions or abstracts of academic

View a graph of the social network generated by your input. Visualizing results this manner helps you identify and understand relationships in your data. For example, if your input consisted of descriptions of groups within your organization, viewing your results as a graph will help you visulaize the structure of your organization.

View your results in a table. Analyzing the relationships in your data in a tabular format will allow you to focus on specific data points. For example, if your input consisted of descriptions of groups within your organization, viewing results in a table will allow you to identify which specific groups have similar duties/descriptions.

View your results as an NxN matrix, where N is the number of paragraphs from your input. This is useful if you wish to export your data to anothervisualization tool, such as Genmage, or simply import it into a spreadsheet for creating your own customized reports. The matrix is output in a tab-delimited format.