Visualization Tools
One of my main objectives in Research for MetaMagazine is to about exploration of information and visualizing information to enhance context and meaning and accessibility.
Information is a container word with several meanings; Information can refer to:
- raw data in a document or database
- tagged or classified information in a document or database
- specified, classified content without reference to a document or medium
- an answer to a specific question
- an automated system giving a programmed response to a specific question
Visualizing tools for Information are needed in our ongoing quest for information: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has published a lot of research papers over the years and developed several visualization tools.
Looking for ways to visualize information and meta-levels I found the following websites:
- A visual exploration on mapping complex networks:
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/ - Interactive Knowledge Maps of Tools, Books, Researchers, Success Factors, and Methods in the Visualization Field
http://www.visual-literacy.org/pages/documents.htm - Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html - Visualization Methods from the Periodic Table:
http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/xmldb/rest/db/Visualization/showAll.xql - Information Visualization (methods and software)
http://infoviz.pnl.gov/technologies.html - Data Visualization: Modern Approaches
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-approaches/