A Building-Block Approach to the Diversity of Visualization Types: Each Type Expressed Visually, and as a Systematically Generated Sentence

Yuri Engelhardt; Clive Richards

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A Building-Block Approach to the Diversity of Visualization Types: Each Type Expressed Visually, and as a Systematically Generated Sentence

Yuri Engelhardt^*, Clive Richards

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A building-block approach is presented that shows commonalities and differences within a large corpus of different types of visualization. Refining and testing our earlier work, we have analyzed more than one hundred different types of visualization in terms of 19 fundamental visual encoding techniques, and 13 types of questions that visualizations can answer with those encoding techniques. We characterize each type of visualization accordingly, with a natural language sentence, generated in a systematic way. We also provide guidance on how to choose (combinations of) visual encoding techniques, depending on the questions to be answered by a visualization. A few examples of visual encoding techniques are grouping by boundary, unit-based tallying (as in Isotype charts), proportional space-filling, extending along a coordinate axis, and coupling by adjacency. Various other building-block approaches to visualization are reviewed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Diagrammatic Representation and Inference
Editors	J. Lemanski, M.W. Johansen, E. Manalo, P. Viana, R. Bhattacharjee, R. Burns
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	3
Pages	28-43
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-71290-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71291-3_3
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2024
Event	14th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams - Münster, Germany Duration: 27 Sept 2024 → 1 Oct 2024 Conference number: 14 https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	14981
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	14th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams
Abbreviated title	DIAGRAMS 2024
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Münster
Period	27/09/24 → 1/10/24
Internet address	https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/

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Engelhardt, Y. & Richards, C., 9 Nov 2024, Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lemanski, J., Johansen, M. W., Manalo, E., Viana, P., Bhattacharjee, R. & Burns, R. (eds.). Springer, (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 14981).
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Engelhardt, Y., & Richards, C. (2024). A Building-Block Approach to the Diversity of Visualization Types: Each Type Expressed Visually, and as a Systematically Generated Sentence. In J. Lemanski, M. W. Johansen, E. Manalo, P. Viana, R. Bhattacharjee, & R. Burns (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference (pp. 28-43). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 14981). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71291-3_3

Engelhardt, Yuri ; Richards, Clive. / A Building-Block Approach to the Diversity of Visualization Types : Each Type Expressed Visually, and as a Systematically Generated Sentence. Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. editor / J. Lemanski ; M.W. Johansen ; E. Manalo ; P. Viana ; R. Bhattacharjee ; R. Burns. Springer, 2024. pp. 28-43 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Engelhardt, Y & Richards, C 2024, A Building-Block Approach to the Diversity of Visualization Types: Each Type Expressed Visually, and as a Systematically Generated Sentence. in J Lemanski, MW Johansen, E Manalo, P Viana, R Bhattacharjee & R Burns (eds), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14981, Springer, pp. 28-43, 14th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Münster, Germany, 27/09/24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71291-3_3

A Building-Block Approach to the Diversity of Visualization Types: Each Type Expressed Visually, and as a Systematically Generated Sentence. / Engelhardt, Yuri; Richards, Clive.
Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. ed. / J. Lemanski; M.W. Johansen; E. Manalo; P. Viana; R. Bhattacharjee; R. Burns. Springer, 2024. p. 28-43 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 14981).

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Engelhardt Y, Richards C. A Building-Block Approach to the Diversity of Visualization Types: Each Type Expressed Visually, and as a Systematically Generated Sentence. In Lemanski J, Johansen MW, Manalo E, Viana P, Bhattacharjee R, Burns R, editors, Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Springer. 2024. p. 28-43. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-71291-3_3

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