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1995 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis '95)
Case study: visualizing Internet resources
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
October 30-October 31
ISBN: 0-8186-7201-3
N. Gershon, Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA
J. LeVasseur, Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA
J. Winstead, Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA
J. Croall, Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA
A. Pernicks, Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA
W. Ruh, Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA
The goal is to improve the ability of people from all walks of life and interests to access, search, and use the information distributed in Internet resources. The process of interacting with information resources starts with browsing, continues with digesting and assimilating pieces of information, terminates with generation of new information, and begins anew with analysis of pre-existing and new information. Our approach is user-centric-taking users needs into account by allowing them to interact with the information contained in large arrays of documents. The visualization process is an integral part of the overall process. We have covered three related categories in this methodology. The first one is browsing through the World-Wide Web (WWW) hyperspace without becoming lost, based on a visual representation of the hyperspace hierarchical structure (hyperspace view). The second category is overcoming the rigidity of the WWW by allowing the user to construct interactively and visually a personal hyperspace of information, linking the documents according to the application or problem domain, or to the user's own perception, experience, culture, or way of thinking. The third category includes discovery and analysis of new information and relationships in retrieved documents by aggregating relevant information and representing it visually.
Index Terms:
data visualisation; Internet; information retrieval; information analysis; Internet resource visualisation; information resource interaction; browsing; user-centric approach; documents; World-Wide Web hyperspace; visual representation; hyperspace hierarchical structure; personal information hyperspace; document linking; new information discovery; new information analysis; retrieved documents
Citation:
N. Gershon, J. LeVasseur, J. Winstead, J. Croall, A. Pernicks, W. Ruh, "Case study: visualizing Internet resources," ieee_infovis, pp.122, 1995 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis '95), 1995
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