Title :
The challenge of visualising multiple overlapping classification hierarchies
Author :
Graham, Martin ; Kennedy, Jessie B. ; Hand, Chris
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Napier Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
Techniques for visualising hierarchies have concentrated on displaying static structures or, in the case of dynamic hierarchies, adding or deleting nodes from the hierarchy. However none have adequately dealt with the situation of visualising change occurring in the structure between existing nodes. We present initial work that outlines the difficulties of visualising such an event, with specific regard to the multiple classifications of information that are produced in botanical taxonomy
Keywords :
biology computing; botany; classification; data visualisation; user interfaces; botanical taxonomy; change visualisation; dynamic hierarchies; hierarchy visualisation; multiple overlapping classification hierarchies; static structures; user interfaces; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
User Interfaces to Data Intensive Systems, 1999. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Los Alamitos, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0262-8
DOI :
10.1109/UIDIS.1999.791461