The design space of construction tools for information visualization: A survey. (February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mei, Honghui; Ma, Yuxin; Wei, Yating; Chen, Wei
• Is Part Of: Journal of visual languages & computing. Volume 44(2018)
• Page Start: 120
• Page End: 132
• Publication Date: 2018-02
• Subjects: Visualization construction tools -- Information visualization -- Design space -- User interfaces -- Interaction -- Toolkits; 00-01 -- 99-00; Visual programming languages (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Visual programming (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics -- Periodicals; Langages de programmation visuelle -- Périodiques; Programmation visuelle -- Périodiques; Langages de programmation -- Sémantique -- Périodiques; Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics; Visual programming (Computer science); Visual programming languages (Computer science); Periodicals; Electronic journals; 005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jvlc.2017.10.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-926X

Abstract

Abstract: Information visualization has been widely used to convey information from data and assist communication. There are enormous needs of efficient visualization design for users from diverse fields to leverage the power of data. As a result, emerging construction tools for information visualization focus on providing solutions with different aspects including expressiveness, accessibility, and efficiency. In this paper, we review existing works on declarative specifications and user interfaces for visualization construction. By summarizing their methods for producing information visualizations and efforts on improving usability, we express the design patterns in terms of a design space which describes the tools in several different aspects. We discuss how the design space can be applied to support further exploration of potential research topics in the future.