Shaping data: Visualization under construction

Generating the maximum number of visual patterns by uncovering the entire space of possible visual designs remains a challenge within the construction process of information visualization. Users interact with different mindsets consisting of design, data analysis, application development, and hardware resource usage. Therefore, they desire a flexible and productive interface that keeps them clued into the design process without requiring knowledge of the underlying technical system. This was summarized under the no developing, more modeling paradigm, which is described through a visual theory as the basis of the shaping process. A general model was applied to a prototype to demonstrate the benefits and restrictions of this construction process and to contribute toward bringing different mindsets together.