Visual Data Navigation in Web Documents

Objective

The information in a SmartDoc is classified in specialized component domains. Linking these domains together enables easy creation of powerful presentation and visualization tools. The component domains are:
-Presentation components for viewing results
-Reader Components to enable import of various data
-Analysis components for cluster, filter etc
-Interactive visual components for proving insight
-Document components for authoring documents, e.g. embedded data, bookmarks, links, reading paths
-Communication components to enable remote collaboration.

The SmartDoc application components address three different application scenarios:
1. Analysis
-Stand-alone version 2. Collaborative analysis
-Network version based on Application Sharing 3. Presentation and journaling "SmartDoc"
-ActiveX components In (1), the user analyses and explores the data and prepares the journal (3) for review by other users. This step includes setting bookmarks and annotations of interesting discoveries for embedding into documents and later viewing. During the analyse process the user can also start a collaborative session (2) to share insights with other users.

The SmartDoc collaboratory network version includes a collaborative environment where two or more users can meet together is cyber space displaying and interacting with the same dataset remotely. Bookmarks and annotations can also be used in the collaborative session. In the final step, an ActiveX component (3) is integrated into the electronic document (Office Word) with bookmark and annotation data. Smartdocs have been developed for the following three application domains:
-Medical imaging (VolumeViewer, ParametricDataViewer)
-GeoEngineering (FloodViewer, Fly-Through) -Knowledge Discovery and Visual Data Mining (MDViewer, HTE Viewer, SOMViewer, 3D Scatter, Parallel Coordinates).

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › data science › data mining
• engineering and technology › medical engineering › diagnostic imaging

Programme(s)

• FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 2000-3.4.2 - Information visualisation

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

LINKOEPINGS UNIVERSITET

Address

Campus Valla
581 83 Linkoeping
Sweden

Participants (4)

AETMED S.P.A.

Italy

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INTECS HRT S.P.A.

Italy

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Via Gereschi Livia 32/34
56127 Pisa

THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

United Kingdom

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Oxford Road
M13 9PL Manchester

UNILEVER U.K. CENTRAL RESOURCES LIMITED

United Kingdom

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Unilever House
EC4P 4BQ Blackfriars, London