VisIOn: an interactive visualization ontology

  • Authors:
  • Philippa Rhodes;Eileen Kraemer;Bina Reed

  • Affiliations:
  • The University of Georgia, Athens, GA;The University of Georgia, Athens, GA;The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 44th annual Southeast regional conference
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

VisIOn (Interactive Visualization Ontology) is a web application designed to categorize and store information about Software Visualization (SV) systems, in a way that can be easily searched and used for comparison. VisIOn will allow users and developers to quickly find systems related to their needs or interests. Also, this site will serve as a collection point for information about SV tools through which developers can disseminate their work and make it available to their target community in a timely manner. VisIOn incorporates attributes identified in earlier taxonomies but emphasizes the notion of effectiveness. In the context of Software Visualization, we define effectiveness as how well a system can be used by an SV designer to communicate information to the SV viewer. In developing an SV ontology, we seek to clarify the meaning of effectiveness in the SV domain and to reconcile the terminology introduced in various SV taxonomy papers. In related work, we are conducting studies that we hope will help reduce some of the subjectivity and difficulty involved in rating the effectiveness of SV systems and of visualizations created using these systems.