Title :
What is Knowledge Visualization? Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline
Author :
Bertschi, Stefan ; Bresciani, Sabrina ; Crawford, Tom ; Goebel, Randy ; Kienreich, Wolfgang ; Lindner, Martin ; Sabol, Vedran ; Moere, A.V.
Abstract :
This paper collates eight expert opinions about Knowledge Visualization, what it is and what it should be. An average of 581 words long, topics span from representation, storytelling and criticizing the lack of theory, to communication, analytics for the masses and reasoning, to trendy Visual Thinking and creativity beyond PowerPoint. These individual views provide a picture of the present and the future of a discipline that could not be more timely, aiming for a common understanding of the visualization of knowledge.
Keywords :
data visualisation; knowledge engineering; PowerPoint; knowledge visualization; storytelling; visual thinking; Cognition; Context; Data visualization; Media; Rendering (computer graphics); Visual analytics;
Conference_Titel :
Information Visualisation (IV), 2011 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0868-8
