This is essentially a "degree-of-interest" tree, which has been
around for a while (e.g.,
http://www.parc.xerox.com/research/projects/sensemaking/
visualization_interaction/default.html) and the underlying concept
dates back to the '80s. It looks nice, but the hierarchy shown is
shallow and not too broad. That said, this would be a fun way to
display a classification like ITIS. However, at some point we need to
ask whether "fun" translates into usability.
Some of the coolest visualisations turn out to be difficult to use
(e.g., hyperbolic trees).
Regards
Rod
On 13 Sep 2007, at 23:22, Shorthouse, David wrote:
Indeed, this sort of Flash/Flex-based application is on the
table...but, I find this a bit like mystery meat navigation. More
specifically, I have been in touch with developers of Mindomo
(http://www.mindomo.com) for use in EoL’s WorkBench environment
using Adobe’s AIR for a desktop/web hybrid. Mind maps, tied down
with Semantic Web technologies like that used in MindRaider (http://
mindraider.sourceforge.net/index.html) are what I’m aiming for.
Cheers,
David P. Shorthouse
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WOW!! Very slick!!! EoL should be all over this!
I would say the whole page is a useful model -- not just the tree
part (by which I assume you meant the "Project Process" tile). The
whole approach to organizing and presenting (i.e., zoom & pan)
information is wonderful! It took a little "getting-used-to", but
once I got the hang of it, I really liked it.
I gather that it's Flash? (I mean in the Macromedia/Adobe sense ...
I already know it's "Flash" in the slang sense.)
A little sluggish -- but well worth it, I think.
Aloha,
Rich
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Subject: [tdwg] Interesting example of tree navigation
This is not only a fascinating website in general, but in one spot
has a quite novel - not perfect, but nicely innovative -
interaction model for a tree of information. Does a decent job of
both showing the overview of information available and offering
more information at various levels, in context, in response to
interaction.
http://www.schematic.com/#/HowWeDoIt/ProjectProcess/
-R.
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