Visualization Design Patterns

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== Overview ==
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== Foundational Patterns ==

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=== '''Visualization Architecture''' ===
* [[Patterns:Visualization|Visualization]]

=== '''Interaction Patterns''' ===
User intent-based categories of interaction techniques <ref>Yi, J. S., Kang, Y. A., Stasko, J., & Jacko, J. A. (2007). [http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TVCG.2007.70605 Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Role of Interaction in Information Visualization.] IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 13(6). Presented in InfoVis 2007, Sacramento, California, October 28 - November 1, 1224-1231. (see also [http://vgtc.org/wpmu/infovis07/?p=28 Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Role of Interaction in Information Visualization (presentation)])</ref>
* Reconfigure: show me a different arrangement
* Encode: show me a different representation
* Filter: show me something conditionally
** [[Patterns:Filter|Filter]]
** [[Patterns:Dynamic Queries|Dynamic Queries]]
** [[Patterns:Context-maintained Filter|Context-maintained Filter]]
** [[Patterns:Reduction Filter|Reduction Filter]]
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* Abstract/Elaborate: show me more or less detail
** [[Patterns:Overview|Overview]]
** [[Patterns:Details-on-demand| Details-on-demand]]
* Connect: show me related items
** [[Patterns:Brushing|Brushing]]
* Explore: show me something else
** [[Patterns:Navigation|Navigation]]
** [[Patterns:Navigation Box|Navigation Box]]
** [[Patterns:Spatial Navigation|Spatial Navigation]]
** [[Patterns:Click-n-Drag|Click-n-Drag]]
** [[Patterns:Teleportation|Teleportation]]
* Select: mark something as interesting
** [[Patterns:Single Direct Selection|Single Direct Selection]]
** [[Patterns:Multiple Direct Selection|Multiple Direct Selection]]
** [[Patterns:Bounding Box|Bounding Box]]
** [[Patterns:Single Direct Selection+Keyboard|Single Direct Selection+Keyboard]]
** [[Patterns:Bounding Box+Keyboard|Bounding Box+Keyboard]]
* Other
** [[Patterns:Direct Manipulation|Direct Manipulation]]
** [[Patterns:Smooth Transitions|Smooth Transitions]]
** [[Patterns:2D Navigational Model|2D Navigational Model]]
** [[Patterns:3D Navigational Model|3D Navigational Model]]
** [[Patterns:NAFS Model|NAFS Model]]

See also: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction_design_pattern Interaction Design Patterns (wikipedia article)]

=== '''Display Rendering Patterns''' ===

* [[Patterns:Appropriate Visual Objects|Appropriate Visual Objects]]
* [[Patterns:Level of Detail|Level of Detail]]
* [[Patterns:2d Representation|2d Representation]]
* [[Patterns:3d Representation|3d Representation]]
* [[Patterns:Reference Context|Reference Context]]
* [[Patterns:Redundant Encoding|Redundant Encoding]]
* [[Patterns:Small Multiples|Small Multiples]]
* [[Patterns:Datatips|Datatips]]
* [[Patterns:Legends|Legends]]
* [[Patterns:Visual Separation|Visual Separation]]
* [[Patterns:Familiar Organizational Device|Familiar Organizational Device]]
* [[Patterns:Non-Familiar Organizational Device|Non-Familiar Organizational Device]]
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== Programming Patterns ==
These are patterns related to the backend programming of visualization systems. They are organised according to the Model-View-Controller approach, though other organizational systems may also be appropriate.

Heer and Agrawala's paper ''Software Design Patterns for Information Visualization''<ref name="soft">see Heer, J. & Agrawala, M., 2006. [http://vis.berkeley.edu/papers/infovis_design_patterns/ Software Design Patterns for Information Visualization]. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS, 12(5), p.853.</ref> provides a useful overview of software design patterns specific to infovis tasks.

=== Data Modelling and Management ===
* [[Patterns:Reference Model|Reference Model]]<ref name="soft"/>
* [[Patterns:Data Column|Data Column]]<ref name="soft"/>
* [[Patterns:Cascaded Table|Cascaded Table]]
* [[Patterns:Relational Graph|Relational Graph]]
* [[Patterns:Proxy Tuple|Proxy Tuple]]
* [[Patterns:Expression|Expression]]
=== View ===
* [[Patterns:Camera|Camera]]
* [[Patterns:Dynamic Query Binding|Dynamic Query Binding]]
=== Controller ===
* [[Patterns:Scheduler|Scheduler]]
* [[Patterns:Operator|Operator]]
* [[Renderer]]
* [[Production Rule]]
== Development Patterns ==
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=== Diagnosis ===
For techniques used during the design process to evaluate coding and design-time decisions.
=== Evaluation and Testing ===
Quality Assurance, Evaluation, and [http://www.susanlim.com/ Susan Lim] Usability testing methods to close the feedback loop during the development lifecycle.

== References ==
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