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Protovis: A Graphical Toolkit for Visualization
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Summary
Abstract: Despite myriad tools for visualizing data, there remains a gap between the notational efficiency of high-level visualization systems and the expressiveness and accessibility of low-level graphical systems. Powerful visualization systems may be inflexible or impose abstractions foreign to visual thinking, while graphical systems such as rendering APIs and vector-based drawing programs are tedious for ... View entire text
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Service Citation
Originators: Michael Bostock, Jeffrey Heer
Title: Protovis: A Graphical Toolkit for Visualization
Release_Date: 2010-05-28
Provider: Stanford University
Edition: 3.2
URL: http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/
Service Keywords
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS Parameter Definition
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING Parameter Definition

Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES Parameter Definition
AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS Parameter Definition
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ISO Topic Category
FARMING
BIOTA
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Ancillary Keywords
Visualization
Data Encoding
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Service Provider
STANFORD-U/CS/VIS > Human-Computer Interaction & Visualization Group, Computer Science Department, Stanford University Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://vis.stanford.edu/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: JEFFREY MICHAEL HEER
Phone: 650-723-0033
Email: jheer at cs.stanford.edu
Contact Address:
375 Gates Hall (3B Wing)
City: Stanford
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 94305-9035
Country: USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media: Online
Distribution_Size: 881 KB
Fees: No fees
Personnel
JEFFREY MICHAEL HEER
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 650-723-0033
Email: jheer at cs.stanford.edu
Contact Address:
375 Gates Hall (3B Wing)
City: Stanford
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 94305-9035
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Doran, Peter T., Gayle L. Dana, Jordan T. Hastings and Robert
A. Wharton, Jr. 1995. McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological
Research (LTER): LTER automatic weather network (LAWN). Antarctic
Journal of the U.S. 30(5): 276-280.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2011-06-02
SERF Last Revision Date: 2011-06-06
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