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TimeSlice
Fig. 5.
A Chronicle Data Analysis by TimeSlice
3.3
3D Extension for Analyzed Chronicle Data
Time-tunnel [8] and TimeSlice [9] are visualization tools for time-series data.
Those systems are constructed on the basis of a Meme Media Environment.
[10] visualized human relations by using TimeSlice as a plat-form for visualizing
temporal changes in the structure of a human network in a 3D space. A TimeSlice
is a 2D plane for visualizing a snapshot of a network with a specified timing.
A temporal change of network is visualized by dragging a TimeSlice along the
timeline. Multiple TimeSlices visualize human relations from different viewpoints
and with different timings. These mechanisms help users to compare multiple
situations easily. Figure 5 shows TimeSlices which represent human networks in
1573 and 1615 with different viewpoints; ”battle” and ”gift”.
4 Conclusions
This paper shows the concept of context-based information access space and its
implementation framework. Through the OSPs in the context spaces, users can
follow the reference links and obtain the information object and paths in which
they are interested. The system dynamically creates the information spaces as
the need arises.
Moreover the paper introduced a framework for visual chronological analysis
to support finding interesting relations embedded in chronicles. On the basis of
the proposed framework, we implemented a tool called ”CAT”, which provides
