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The Word Tree, an Interactive Visual Concordance
November/December 2008 (vol. 14 no. 6)
pp. 1221-1228
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Martin Wattenberg, Fernanda B. Viégas, "The Word Tree, an Interactive Visual Concordance," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1221-1228, November/December, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TVCG.2008.172,
author = {Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda B. Viégas},
title = {The Word Tree, an Interactive Visual Concordance},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
volume = {14},
number = {6},
issn = {1077-2626},
year = {2008},
pages = {1221-1228},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TVCG.2008.172},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
TI - The Word Tree, an Interactive Visual Concordance
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SN - 1077-2626
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A1 - Fernanda B. Viégas,
PY - 2008
KW - Index Terms—Text visualization
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JA - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
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Martin Wattenberg, IBM Research
Fernanda B. Viégas, IBM Research
We introduce the Word Tree, a new visualization and information-retrieval technique aimed at text documents. A word tree is a graphical version of the traditional "keyword-in-context" method, and enables rapid querying and exploration of bodies of text. In this paper we describe the design of the technique, along with some of the technical issues that arise in its implementation. In addition, we discuss the results of several months of public deployment of word trees on Many Eyes, which provides a window onto the ways in which users obtain value from the visualization.

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Index Terms:
Index Terms—Text visualization, document visualization, Many Eyes, case study, concordance, information retrieval, search.
Citation:
Martin Wattenberg, Fernanda B. Viégas, "The Word Tree, an Interactive Visual Concordance," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1221-1228, Nov./Dec. 2008, doi:10.1109/TVCG.2008.172
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