taxonomy | Hugo Ferreira https://hugo.ferreira.cc/tags/taxonomy/ Recent content in Taxonomy by Hugo Ferreira taxonomy | Hugo Ferreira https://hugo.ferreira.cc/hf-bw.jpg https://hugo.ferreira.cc/tags/taxonomy/ Hugo -- 0.124.1 en 2000–2024 by Hugo Ferreira · CC BY 4.0 Tue, 22 May 2012 07:07:28 +0000 🔗 A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods https://hugo.ferreira.cc/a-periodic-table-of-visualization-methods/ Tue, 22 May 2012 07:07:28 +0000 https://hugo.ferreira.cc/a-periodic-table-of-visualization-methods/ A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods The Periodic Table of Visualization Methods , hosted by the impressive Swiss Visual Literacy project, is the most comprehensive visualization taxonomy I have seen. It divides visualisations into… Data, Information, Concept, Strategy, Metaphor, and Compound Visualizations. Each of these is then classified as a… process or structure visualization, … and further subdivided into whether they show… detail, overview, or detail and overview, … and whether they support A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

The Periodic Table of Visualization Methods , hosted by the impressive Swiss Visual Literacy project, is the most comprehensive visualization taxonomy I have seen.

It divides visualisations into…

  • Data,
  • Information,
  • Concept,
  • Strategy,
  • Metaphor, and
  • Compound Visualizations.

Each of these is then classified as a…

  • process or
  • structure visualization,

… and further subdivided into whether they show…

  • detail,
  • overview, or
  • detail and overview,

… and whether they support

  • convergent or
  • divergent thinking.
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