GALAXIES/THEMESCAPES

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GALAXIES/THEMESCAPES

• JAMES WISE, JAMES THOMAS, KELLY PENNOCK, DAVID
  LANTRIP, MARK POTTIER, ANNE SCHUR, VERN CROW
• -MAULIK SHUKLA

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MOTIVATION

• AVAILIBILITY OF TEXTUAL INFORMATION
• SPEED OF READING
• POWER OF VISUAL PERCEPTION

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VISUAL TRANSFORMATION- FROM TEXT TO PICTURE

• DATA BASE / CORPORA
• TEXT ENGINE
• GUI
• DISPLAY SOFTWARE
• APPLOICATION PACKAGE
• AUXILIARY TOOLS

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MVAB PROJECT

• MULTIDIMENTIONAL VISUALISATION AND ADVANCE
  BROWSING PROJECT
• SPIRE SPATIAL PARADIGM FOR INFORMATION RETRIVAL
  AND EXPLORATION
• TWO MAJOR APPROACHES
• 1. GALAXIES
• 2. THEMESCAPES / THEME VIEWS

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GALAXIES

• STARFIELDS AS DISPLAY METAPHORES
• DOCUMENT AS A POINT DOCUSTAR
• RELATIONSHIPS AS CLUSTERS
• PROXIMITY INDICATES SIMILARITY

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THEME VIEW

• TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS AS DISPLAY METAPHORE
• CREATED FROM GALAXIES
• PEAK REPRESENTS INTENSITY OF THEME
• KEY FEATURES
• 1. HEIGHT
• 2. NUMBER OF PEAKS
• 3 SLOPE
• 4. LOCATION

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TOOLS AND FEATURES

• COMMON TOOLS
• - SELECTION
• - ZOOM
• - PAN
• - ROTATE

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TOOL BAR
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DOCUMENT VIEWER
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QUERY TOOL

• VOCABULARY WORD QUERY - W
• EXACT PHRASE QUERY - P
• QUERY BY EXAMPLE - E

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GROUP TOOL
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TIME SLICER

• EVOLUTION OF DATABASE OVER TIME

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CATEGORY TOOL

• DEFINE NEW CATAGORIES AS COLLECTION OF TERMS
• USE OF WILDCARD CHARECTERS ( S)

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CORRELATION TOOL
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CORRELATION TOOL
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CORRELATION TOOL
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FIELD MARKER TOOL
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GISTING TOOL
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WORKSHOP TOOL
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PROBE TOOL
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CONFINED THEME VIEW
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DATABASE SUBSETTING
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PREFERENCES
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SELECTED TITLES / CONTRAST
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RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

• HANDLING SPECIFIC ENTITY-ATRIBUTE RELATIONSHIP (
  LINK ANALYSES )
• CAPTURING DEVELOPMENT OF STORY OR THREAD OF
  CONCEPTS
• ADDING SENSORY MODALITIES ( SOUND )

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HCI MATRICES

• LEARNING CURVE
• EASE OF USE
• ERROR RECOVERY
• USER SATISFACTION
• RETANTION

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REFERENCE

• http//www.pnl.gov/infoviz/spire/spirehelp/index.h
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QUESTIONS

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