Authors:
Dominique Thiebaut
1
and
Larry Owens
2
Affiliations:
1
Smith College, United States
;
2
University of Massachusetts, United States
Keyword(s):
Visualization, Encyclopedia of computer science, Prefuse, Java, Network, Tree.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Abstract Data Visualization
;
Computer Vision, Visualization and Computer Graphics
;
Data Management and Knowledge Representation
;
General Data Visualization
;
Interactive Visual Interfaces for Visualization
;
Interpretation and Evaluation Methods
;
Visual Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery
Abstract:
We present an original visualizer that allows users to travel through the network of pages of an early encyclopedia of computer science. The purpose of this tool is to better understand the relationship between concepts of computer science at an early stage in the development of the field. The visualizer is written in Java, interfaces to a database server, and sports two different graphical representations, a tree and a graph that are logically connected. We present our design goals, our choices of implementations and the challenges encountered.