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# Line 455  may be in a completely different part of Line 455  may be in a completely different part of
455  anything in such a visualization representing *all* the items  anything in such a visualization representing *all* the items
456  a user stores in their computer seems bound to be a herculean task.  a user stores in their computer seems bound to be a herculean task.
457    
 XXXX Ontorama cloning technique!  
 (`Eklund 2002`_)  
   
458  These visualizations are therefore not useful for using  These visualizations are therefore not useful for using
459  RDF as a hyperstructure as introduced above.  RDF as a hyperstructure as introduced above.
460  However, it is quite possible to build focus+context  However, it is quite possible to build focus+context
# Line 1101  of the graph drawing type: RdfViz [#rdfv Line 1098  of the graph drawing type: RdfViz [#rdfv
1098  on the same 2D plane graph-drawing package [#graphviz]_,  on the same 2D plane graph-drawing package [#graphviz]_,
1099  and  and
1100  Ontorama (`Eklund 2002`_)  Ontorama (`Eklund 2002`_)
1101  uses a hyperbolic-like planar visualization.  uses a hyperbolic-like planar visualization based on tree visualization and
1102    *cloning* nodes that are in more than one place on the tree.
1103    
1104  Work on structure-based focus+context visualizations of graphs in  Work on structure-based focus+context visualizations of graphs,
1105  general was  such as we use,
1106  more popular with semantic networks in the late '80s, for  was more popular with in the late '80s, related to, e.g., semantic networks
1107  example in the Cyc  (see, e.g., `Fairchild et al 1988`_,
1108  SemNet (`Fairchild et al 1988`_)  `Utting and Yankelovich 1989`_,
1109  projects, which allowed the user  `Noik 1993`_).
1110    These visualizations allow the user
1111  to navigate through the graph locally, with one node as the *focus*,  to navigate through the graph locally, with one node as the *focus*,
1112  and showing the neighbouring nodes as context.  and showing the neighbouring nodes as context.
 There is also a very different approach using boxes and  
 containment for SemNet in (`Travers 1989`_).  
   
1113  Later, a similar style of navigation and structural  Later, a similar style of navigation and structural
1114  editing was also used in the commercial  editing was also used in the commercial
1115  product TheBrain(XXXCite), to allow users to organize files  product TheBrain [#thebrain]_, to allow users to organize files
1116  and items on their computers.  and items on their computers.
1117    There is also a very different approach to graph visualization
1118    using boxes and
1119    containment in (`Travers 1989`_).
1120    
1121  One of the most important things that is different in the visualizations  One of the most important things that is different in the visualizations
1122  presented in this article and the ones for example shown in  presented in this article and the ones discussed above
1123  (`Utting and Yankelovich 1989`_) is that icons are not used  is that icons are not used
1124  to represent the neighborhood of an item or a document.  to represent the neighborhood of an item or a document.
1125  In FenPDF, the articles and the canvases are never represented by  In FenPDF, the articles and the canvases are never represented by
1126  anything other than their image - no file icon, no title  anything other than their image - no file icon, no title
# Line 1474  ACM Computing Surveys, 31(4es). Line 1473  ACM Computing Surveys, 31(4es).
1473  July 8th, 2000. Mail to the zzdev mailing list, available online in the archive  July 8th, 2000. Mail to the zzdev mailing list, available online in the archive
1474  as ``http://www.xanadu.com.au/mail/zzdev/msg02237.html``  as ``http://www.xanadu.com.au/mail/zzdev/msg02237.html``
1475    
1476    .. _`Noik 1993`:
1477    
1478    **Noik, E.G.,** (1993)
1479    "Exploring large hyperdocuments: fisheye views of nested networks".
1480    ACM Hypertext'93 proceedings, 192-205.
1481    
1482  .. _`Nürnberg et al (1996)`:  .. _`Nürnberg et al (1996)`:
1483    
# Line 1700  Notes Line 1704  Notes
1704    
1705  .. [#graphviz] ``http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/``  .. [#graphviz] ``http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/``
1706    
1707    .. [#thebrain] ``http://www.thebrain.com``
1708    
1709    
1710    

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