DocumentCode :
1399017
Title :
Visualizing rich, structured hypermedia
Author :
Andrews, Keith
Author_Institution :
Graz Univ. of Technol., Austria
Volume :
18
Issue :
4
fYear :
1998
Firstpage :
40
Lastpage :
42
Abstract :
Very large hypermedia collections, say many thousands of documents and links, are often unmanageable. Users can have considerable difficulty finding particular information and comprehending its extent and scope. Support for explicit hierarchical structure of the collection, such as the Yahoo classification scheme, helps users by suggesting specific paths through the information space. Such hierarchical structure can also be visualized, either independently from, or in association with, the associative hyperlinks between individual documents. Furthermore, the availability of rich metadata fields for collections and individual documents, including attributes such as author, title, size, keywords, and creation date, permits enhancing visualizations by mapping attribute values to aspects of the visual presentation. The author discusses visualization techniques that were developed for the Hyperwave information server
Keywords :
data visualisation; document handling; hypermedia; very large databases; Hyperwave information server; Yahoo classification scheme; associative hyperlinks; documents; hierarchical structure; metadata; structured hypermedia visualization; very large hypermedia collections; visual presentation; Computer displays; Data visualization; Fans; Java; Sun; Three dimensional displays;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0272-1716
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/38.689661
Filename :
689661
Link To Document :
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