Database Reference
In-Depth Information
MInD MAPS
Mind maps are a little outside the traditional visualization arena, but are very
useful for brainstorming and framing your thoughts around a plan. A book's
contents are easily planned in a mind map, and this topic's original Table of
Contents is shown as a mind map in Figure 16-8. You'll note that the topic
has evolved over time!
FI gu R e 16 -8
Mind maps used for planning this topic
Venn DIAgRAM
A Venn diagram is a very simple visualization used in set
theory, which has been widely adopted on the Internet.
Two or three circles, each representing a group, are shown
overlapping each other, with the overlap being the group
(or set) of people or things that belong to all those group-
ings overlapping those areas. These circles are not shown
to scale in the most common form of these diagrams.
A widely shared example of a Venn diagram is shown
in Figure 16-9. (It's become quite popular to use Venn
diagrams for humor.)
FI gu R e 16 - 9
A humorous Venn diagram
