A taxonomy of treemap visualization techniques
- A treemap is a visualization that has been specifically designed to facilitate the exploration of tree-structured data and, more general, hierarchically structured data. The family of visualization techniques that use a visual metaphor for parent-child relationships based “on the property of containment” (Johnson, 1993) is commonly referred to as treemaps. However, as the number of variations of treemaps grows, it becomes increasingly important to distinguish clearly between techniques and their specific characteristics. This paper proposes to discern between Space-filling Treemap TS, Containment Treemap TC, Implicit Edge Representation Tree TIE, and Mapped Tree TMT for classification of hierarchy visualization techniques and highlights their respective properties. This taxonomy is created as a hyponymy, i.e., its classes have an is-a relationship to one another: TS TC TIE TMT. With this proposal, we intend to stimulate a discussion on a more unambiguous classification of treemaps and, furthermore, broaden what is understood by theA treemap is a visualization that has been specifically designed to facilitate the exploration of tree-structured data and, more general, hierarchically structured data. The family of visualization techniques that use a visual metaphor for parent-child relationships based “on the property of containment” (Johnson, 1993) is commonly referred to as treemaps. However, as the number of variations of treemaps grows, it becomes increasingly important to distinguish clearly between techniques and their specific characteristics. This paper proposes to discern between Space-filling Treemap TS, Containment Treemap TC, Implicit Edge Representation Tree TIE, and Mapped Tree TMT for classification of hierarchy visualization techniques and highlights their respective properties. This taxonomy is created as a hyponymy, i.e., its classes have an is-a relationship to one another: TS TC TIE TMT. With this proposal, we intend to stimulate a discussion on a more unambiguous classification of treemaps and, furthermore, broaden what is understood by the concept of treemap itself.…
Verfasserangaben: | Willy ScheibelORCiD, Matthias TrappORCiDGND, Daniel LimbergerORCiDGND, Jürgen Roland Friedrich DöllnerORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-524693 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-52469 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Deutsch): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Reihe der Digital Engineering Fakultät |
Schriftenreihe (Bandnummer): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Reihe der Digital Engineering Fakultät (8) |
Publikationstyp: | Postprint |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2020 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 02.11.2021 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | taxonomy; treemaps |
Ausgabe: | 8 |
Seitenanzahl: | 10 |
Quelle: | Scheibel, Willy & Trapp, Matthias & Limberger, Daniel & Döllner, Jürgen. (2020). A Taxonomy of Treemap Visualization Techniques. 10.5220/0009153902730280 |
Organisationseinheiten: | Digital Engineering Fakultät / Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering GmbH |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 60 Technik / 600 Technik, Technologie |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Publikationsweg: | Open Access / Green Open-Access |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
Externe Anmerkung: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |