InfoCrystal
Anselm Spoerri · 1993
This paper introduces a novel representation, called the InfoCrystalTM, that can be used as a visualization tool as well as a visual query language to help users search for information.The InfoCrystal visualizes all the possible relationships among N concepts.Users can assign relevance weights to the concepts and use thresholding to select relationships of interest.The InfoCrystal allows users to specify Boolean as well as vector-space queries graphically.Arbitrarily complex queries cart be created by using the InfoCrystals as building blocks and organizing them in a hierarchical structure.The InfoCrystal enables users to explore and filter information in a flexible, dynamic and interactive way.