The Information visualization reference model is an example of a reference model for
information visualization
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, developed by
Ed Chi
Ed Huai-Hsin Chi () (born ) is a Taiwanese American computer scientist and research scientist at Google, known for his early work in applying the theory of information scent to predict usability of websites.
Biography
Born and raised in Taipe ...
in 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
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing and scientific visualization.''Visualization Handbook'', Academic Press, 2005, Chapter 30: the Visualization Toolkit/ref>
VTK is distribu ...
.
Overview
In previous work, according to Chi (2000), "researchers have attempted to construct
taxonomies of
information visualization
Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random, a ...
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.]
According to Chi (2000), he 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".
In 1999
Stuart Card
Stuart K. Card (born December 21, 1943), an American researcher and retired senior research fellow at Xerox PARC, is considered to be one of the pioneers of applying human factors in human–computer interaction. With Jock D. Mackinlay, George G. R ...
,
Jock D. Mackinlay, and
Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman (born August 21, 1947) is an American computer scientist, a Distinguished University Professor in the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science, which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathem ...
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, p686.]
References
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Further reading
* Ed H. Chi (2003)
"Expressiveness of the Data Flow and Data State Models in Visualization Systems"
* Ed H. Chi (2000)
"A Taxonomy of Visualization Techniques using the Data State Reference Model"
External links
Description of the Information Visualization Reference Modelat th
InfoVis:Wiki- includes references describing the model and its use.
Computational science