DocumentCode
3227774
Title
Visualizing hierarchies and collection structures with fractal trees
Author
Ong, TeongJoo ; Leggett, John J. ; Yun, Unil
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
26-30 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
31
Lastpage
40
Abstract
This paper addresses the need for better information access to digital library collections. Without proper visualization tools, organizational and structural information is often lost or suppressed by digital library interfaces. We discuss a 2D fractal tree visualization tool that can be used to more accurately present the structure, organization and interrelation of collection metadata.
Keywords
data visualisation; digital libraries; fractals; meta data; trees (mathematics); 2D fractal tree visualization tool; collection structure; digital library; information access; information visualization; metadata; organizational information; structural information; Computer science; Control systems; Data structures; Data visualization; Displays; Filling; Fractals; Software libraries; Stability; Information visualization; collection structures; digital library; fractal tree; metadata;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Science, 2005. ENC 2005. Sixth Mexican International Conference on
ISSN
1550-4069
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2454-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ENC.2005.53
Filename
1592198
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