%0 Conference Paper %1 shneiderman1996eyes %A Shneiderman, Ben %B Visual Languages, 1996. Proceedings., IEEE Symposium on %D 1996 %K imported %P 336--343 %T The eyes have it: A task by data type taxonomy for information visualizations %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=545307 %X A useful starting point for designing advanced graphical user interfaces is the Visual InformationSeeking Mantra: Overview first, zoom and filter, then details-on-demand. But this is only a starting point in trying to understand the rich and varied set of information visualizations that have been proposed in recent years. This paper offers a task by data type taxonomy with seven data types (1-, 2-, 3-dimensional data, temporal and multi-dimensional data, and tree and network data) and seven tasks (overview, zoom, filter, details-on- demand, relate, history, and extract). The Eyes Have It: A Task by Data Type Taxonomy for Information Visualizations Ben Shneiderman Department of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, and Institute for Systems Research University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742 USA ben@cs.umd.edu A b s t r a c t : A useful starting point for designing advanced graphical user interfaces is the Visual Information-Seeking Mantra: Overview first, zoom and filter, then details-on-demand. But this is only a starting point in trying to understand the rich and varied set of information visualizations that have been proposed in recent years. abriged

@inproceedings{shneiderman1996eyes, abstract = {A useful starting point for designing advanced graphical user interfaces is the Visual InformationSeeking Mantra: Overview first, zoom and filter, then details-on-demand. But this is only a starting point in trying to understand the rich and varied set of information visualizations that have been proposed in recent years. This paper offers a task by data type taxonomy with seven data types (1-, 2-, 3-dimensional data, temporal and multi-dimensional data, and tree and network data) and seven tasks (overview, zoom, filter, details-on- demand, relate, history, and extract). The Eyes Have It: A Task by Data Type Taxonomy for Information Visualizations Ben Shneiderman Department of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, and Institute for Systems Research University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742 USA ben@cs.umd.edu A b s t r a c t : A useful starting point for designing advanced graphical user interfaces is the Visual Information-Seeking Mantra: Overview first, zoom and filter, then details-on-demand. But this is only a starting point in trying to understand the rich and varied set of information visualizations that have been proposed in recent years. [abriged]}, added-at = {2013-08-04T16:56:54.000+0200}, author = {Shneiderman, Ben}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/236365b6ccc8e8c6b32ea46d8b5c25736/francesco.k}, booktitle = {Visual Languages, 1996. Proceedings., IEEE Symposium on}, citations = {2271}, citedbyid = {15560147367490624497}, file = {file://shneiderman96eyes.pdf:pdf}, interhash = {0fabdf70227f667582c6e015deaa63dc}, intrahash = {36365b6ccc8e8c6b32ea46d8b5c25736}, keywords = {imported}, mailhosts = {cs.umd.edu}, md5sum = {afd56b367fb5d626b5a31a98719f139d}, organization = {IEEE}, pages = {336--343}, pdfmeat = {timestamp: 2013-08-04 16:55:24; queries: 2; inode: 1704052}, timestamp = {2013-08-04T16:56:55.000+0200}, title = {The eyes have it: A task by data type taxonomy for information visualizations}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=545307}, year = 1996 }