The visualization of complex connections is an important instrument for making decisions. Especially in the domain of ontologies complex connections may only become understandable for users by a graphic presentation. Users and their comprehension is the main focus at all times.
Visualization of ontologies
Ontologies suit perfectly for graphic visualizations due to their complexity. The object or ontology-instance which users are focused on is always shown in the center of the graphic. Further settings for this object can be applied additionally. All objects related to this instance arrange themselves circular around it. The focus moves graphically animated to another object by mouse click.
Explicit and implicit information
The graphic knowledge network does not only present information which comes from SharePoint explicitly but by a link to our semantic backend it also shows information which is generated exclusively based on a set of rules. That means implicit knowledge is generated out of explicit knowledge and visualized for the user.
Configuration of the graphic visualization
The data can be visualized in different forms depending on its purpose. From force-directed or radial graph to sunburst – imagination knows only few bounds.
Open standards
For sustainability reasons we only use open standards like HTML5, JavaScript or SVG for the graphic visualization of information. Plugins like flash or Silverlight are not used. That’s why it is possible to use mobile equipment for this purpose as well (e.g. IPhone, iPad, Android).