Design and Implementation of Web-based Hierarchy Visualization Services

Willy Scheibel, Judith Hartmann, Jürgen Döllner

2019

Abstract

There is a rapidly growing, cross-domain demand for interactive, high-quality visualization techniques as components of web-based applications and systems. In this context, a key question is how visualization services can be designed, implemented, and operated based on Software-as-a-Service as software delivery model. In this paper, we present concepts and design of a SaaS framework and API of visualization techniques for tree-structured data, called HIVISER. Using representational state transfer (REST), the API supports different data formats, data manipulations, visualization techniques, and output formats. In particular, the API defines base resource types for all components required to create an image or a virtual scene of a hierarchy visualization. We provide a treemap visualization service as prototypical implementation for which subtypes of the proposed API resources have been created. The approach generally serves as a blue-print for fully web-based, high-end visualization services running on thin clients in a standard browser environment.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Scheibel W., Hartmann J. and Döllner J. (2019). Design and Implementation of Web-based Hierarchy Visualization Services. In Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 3: IVAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-354-4, SciTePress, pages 141-152. DOI: 10.5220/0007693201410152

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ivapp19,
author={Willy Scheibel and Judith Hartmann and Jürgen Döllner},
title={Design and Implementation of Web-based Hierarchy Visualization Services},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 3: IVAPP},
year={2019},
pages={141-152},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007693201410152},
isbn={978-989-758-354-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 3: IVAPP
TI - Design and Implementation of Web-based Hierarchy Visualization Services
SN - 978-989-758-354-4
AU - Scheibel W.
AU - Hartmann J.
AU - Döllner J.
PY - 2019
SP - 141
EP - 152
DO - 10.5220/0007693201410152
PB - SciTePress