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anything in such a visualization representing *all* the items |
anything in such a visualization representing *all* the items |
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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. |
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XXXX Ontorama cloning technique! |
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(`Eklund 2002`_) |
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These visualizations are therefore not useful for using |
These visualizations are therefore not useful for using |
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RDF as a hyperstructure as introduced above. |
RDF as a hyperstructure as introduced above. |
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However, it is quite possible to build focus+context |
However, it is quite possible to build focus+context |
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on the same 2D plane graph-drawing package [#graphviz]_, |
on the same 2D plane graph-drawing package [#graphviz]_, |
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and |
and |
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Ontorama (`Eklund 2002`_) |
Ontorama (`Eklund 2002`_) |
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uses a hyperbolic-like planar visualization. |
uses a hyperbolic-like planar visualization based on tree visualization and |
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*cloning* nodes that are in more than one place on the tree. |
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Work on structure-based focus+context visualizations of graphs in |
Work on structure-based focus+context visualizations of graphs, |
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general was |
such as we use, |
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more popular with semantic networks in the late '80s, for |
was more popular with in the late '80s, related to, e.g., semantic networks |
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example in the Cyc |
(see, e.g., `Fairchild et al 1988`_, |
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SemNet (`Fairchild et al 1988`_) |
`Utting and Yankelovich 1989`_, |
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projects, which allowed the user |
`Noik 1993`_). |
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These visualizations allow the user |
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to navigate through the graph locally, with one node as the *focus*, |
to navigate through the graph locally, with one node as the *focus*, |
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and showing the neighbouring nodes as context. |
and showing the neighbouring nodes as context. |
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There is also a very different approach using boxes and |
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containment for SemNet in (`Travers 1989`_). |
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Later, a similar style of navigation and structural |
Later, a similar style of navigation and structural |
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editing was also used in the commercial |
editing was also used in the commercial |
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product TheBrain(XXXCite), to allow users to organize files |
product TheBrain [#thebrain]_, to allow users to organize files |
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and items on their computers. |
and items on their computers. |
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There is also a very different approach to graph visualization |
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using boxes and |
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containment in (`Travers 1989`_). |
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One of the most important things that is different in the visualizations |
One of the most important things that is different in the visualizations |
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presented in this article and the ones for example shown in |
presented in this article and the ones discussed above |
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(`Utting and Yankelovich 1989`_) is that icons are not used |
is that icons are not used |
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to represent the neighborhood of an item or a document. |
to represent the neighborhood of an item or a document. |
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In FenPDF, the articles and the canvases are never represented by |
In FenPDF, the articles and the canvases are never represented by |
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anything other than their image - no file icon, no title |
anything other than their image - no file icon, no title |
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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 |
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as ``http://www.xanadu.com.au/mail/zzdev/msg02237.html`` |
as ``http://www.xanadu.com.au/mail/zzdev/msg02237.html`` |
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.. _`Noik 1993`: |
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**Noik, E.G.,** (1993) |
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"Exploring large hyperdocuments: fisheye views of nested networks". |
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ACM Hypertext'93 proceedings, 192-205. |
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.. _`Nürnberg et al (1996)`: |
.. _`Nürnberg et al (1996)`: |
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.. [#graphviz] ``http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/`` |
.. [#graphviz] ``http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/`` |
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.. [#thebrain] ``http://www.thebrain.com`` |
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