Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications

Paul Craig; Jessie Kennedy

doi:10.1117/12.765540

28 January 2008 Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications

Paul Craig, Jessie Kennedy

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Proceedings Volume 6809, Visualization and Data Analysis 2008; 680906 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.765540
Event: Electronic Imaging, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

An increasingly common approach being taken by taxonomists to define the relationships between taxa in alternative hierarchical classifications is to use a set-based notation which states relationship between two taxa from alternative classifications. Textual recording of these relationships is cumbersome and difficult for taxonomists to manage. While text based GUI tools are beginning to appear which ease the process, these have several limitations. Interactive visual tools offer greater potential to allow taxonomists to explore the taxa in these hierarchies and specify such relationships. This paper describes the Concept Relationship Editor, an interactive visualisation tool designed to support the assertion of relationships between taxonomic classifications. The tool operates using an interactive space-filling adjacency layout which allows users to expand multiple lists of taxa with common parents so they can explore and assert relationships between two classifications.

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Paul Craig and Jessie Kennedy "Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications", Proc. SPIE 6809, Visualization and Data Analysis 2008, 680906 (28 January 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.765540

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