Challenges in graph-based relational data visualization

  • Authors:
  • Emanuel G. Noik

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Venue:
  • CASCON '92 Proceedings of the 1992 conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative research - Volume 1
  • Year:
  • 1992
  • CORDS: status and directions

    CASCON '92 Proceedings of the 1992 conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative research - Volume 2

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Abstract

During recent years we have witnessed a growing trend toward the use of visual interfaces to view and query databases. The graph topovisual formalism is particularly well-suited for depicting relational data. The vertices of a directed graph represent a set of entities, while arcs represent relationships among the entities. This paper studies the functional requirements of a hypothetical graph visualization facility (GVF) by surveying past work in related areas and by describing challenging problems that must be addressed before such a system can be realized. Our contribution, therefore, is twofold: we present a unique holistic approach, which, in turn, gives rise to a number of interesting research problems.