This paper describes the design and construction of a new visualization system for collections of heterogeneous
information for intelligence analysis. The system has several novel features that taken together provide a highly
modular and reusable framework for creating linked visual metaphors. The system leverages modern web
technologies such as XML DOM and Schemas to create an expressive and powerful system. Examples of this are
the ability to use the structure of the information being visualized (as expressed in an XML schema) to directly
generate the object oriented code for manipulating that information, and the use of static and dynamic binding
facilities for creating mappings between internal information items and visualization components. The resulting
system blurs the distinction between information visualization and the World Wide Web. It is very modular and
flexible, and supports rapid iteration and refinement of input data sources as well as interoperability with other
information schemas. New linked visual metaphors can easily be added to the framework as required.
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