What is Knowledge Visualization? Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline
Stefan Bertschi, Sabrina Bresciani, Tom Crawford, Randy G. Goebel, Wolfgang Kienreich, Martin Lindner, Vedran Sabol, Andrew Vande Moere · 2011 15th International Conference on Information Visualisation · 2011
This paper collates eight expert opinions about Knowledge Visualization, what it is and what it should be. An average of 581 words long, topics span from representation, storytelling and criticizing the lack of theory, to communication, analytics for the masses and reasoning, to trendy Visual Thinking and creativity beyond PowerPoint. These individual views provide a picture of the present and the future of a discipline that could not be more timely, aiming for a common understanding of the visualization of knowledge.