Towards a Unifying Visualization Ontology
Martin Voigt, Jan Polowinski · Qucosa (Saxon State and University Library Dresden) · 2011
Although many terminologies, taxonomies and also first ontologies for visualization have been suggested, there is still no unified and formal knowledge representation including the various fields of this interdisciplinary do-main. We moved a step towards such an ontology by systematically reviewing existing models and classifications, identifying important fields and discussing inconsistently used terms. Finally, we specified an initial visualization ontology which can be used for both classification and synthesis of graphical representations. Our ontology can also serve the visualization community as a foundation to further formalize, align and unify its existing and future knowledge.