Information visualization reference model

The Information visualization reference model is a reference model for information visualization, developed by Ed Chi in 1999. [Ed H. Chi. [http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~echi/phd/ A Framework for Information Visualization Spreadsheets] . Ph.D. Thesis. University of Minnesota, Computer Science Department. March, 1999.] , under the name of the "data state model". Chi showed that the framework successfully modeled a wide array of visualization applications and later showed that the model was functionally equivalent to the data flow model used in existing graphics toolkits such as VTK.

In 1999 Stuart Card, Jock D. Mackinlay, and Ben Shneiderman present their own interpretation of this pattern, dubbing it the information visualization reference model. [Jock D. Mackinlay (1999). "Readings in information visualization: using vision to think". With Stuart K. Card and Ben Shneiderman (eds.), Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc, 686.]

Overview

In previous work, researchers have attempted to construct taxonomies of information visualization techniques by examining the data domains that are compatible with these techniques. This is useful because implementers can quickly identify various techniques that can be applied to their domain of interest. However, these taxonomies do not help the implementers understand how to apply and implement these techniques. E.H. Chi (2000). "A taxonomy of visualization techniques using the data statereference model". In: "Information Visualization, 2000. InfoVis 2000". IEEE Symposium on Volume , Issue , 2000 Page(s):69 - 75.]

E.H. Chi and J.T. Reidl in 1998 extends and proposes a new way to taxonomize information visualization techniques by using the "Data State Model". Many of the techniques share similar operating steps that can easily be reused. The Data State Model not only helps researchers understand the space of design, but also helps implementers understand how information visualization techniques can be applied more broadly.

References

Further reading

* Ed H. Chi (2003). [http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~echi/papers/2002-03-duality-avi-final.pdf "Expressiveness of the Data Flow and Data State Models in Visualization Systems"] .
* Ed H. Chi (2000). [http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~echi/papers/infovis00/Chi-TaxonomyVisualization.pdf "A Taxonomy of Visualization Techniques using the Data State Reference Model"] .
* Jeffrey Heer, Stuart K. Card, James Landay (2005). [http://bid.berkeley.edu/files/papers/2005-prefuse-CHI.pdf "Prefuse: a toolkit for interactive information visualization"] . In: "ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems" CHI 2005.

External links

* [http://prefuse.org/ Prefuse] , an implementation of the Model.
* [http://www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php?title=Patterns:Reference_Model Description of the Information Visualization Reference Model] at the [http://www.infovis-wiki.net/ InfoVis:Wiki] - includes references describing the model and its use.