VITA-IEVisual Interface for Text

Analysis[Interface Enhancement]

VITA-IEVisual Interface for Text

Analysis[Interface Enhancement]

Zack Jacobson

Ben Houston

Els Goyette

Sarah Rosser

Zack Jacobson

Ben Houston

Els Goyette

Sarah Rosser

Concept Based QueriesConcept Based Queries

• User gives a query as keywords or in the form of a question.

• Search engine identifies concepts related to the query.

• For each concept relevant portions of documents are identified.

• User gives a query as keywords or in the form of a question.

• Search engine identifies concepts related to the query.

• For each concept relevant portions of documents are identified.

An Example…An Example…

1) The Query:

What color is the sky?

1) The Query:

What color is the sky?

2) The Concepts:

Color, Hue, Sky, Atmosphere

2) The Concepts:

Color, Hue, Sky, Atmosphere

3) The Extracts and Documents:

“the sky is blue.” Questions Children Ask

“the bluish hue results from the refraction of light in the upper atmosphere” Introduction to Physics

3) The Extracts and Documents:

“the sky is blue.” Questions Children Ask

“the bluish hue results from the refraction of light in the upper atmosphere” Introduction to Physics

VITAVITA

• Preliminary exploration of text visualisation

• Initial demo shown at 1998 N/X

• Used semantic search engine• InQuizit, California

• 3-D “cityscape” interface to “hit” parameters

• Preliminary exploration of text visualisation

• Initial demo shown at 1998 N/X

• Used semantic search engine• InQuizit, California

• 3-D “cityscape” interface to “hit” parameters

VITA-IE [VITA-IE [• VITA showed promise

• Further exploration authorized [VITA-IE]

• Early findings presented at N/X-99

• Developed with Ben Houston.

• VITA showed promise

• Further exploration authorized [VITA-IE]

• Early findings presented at N/X-99

• Developed with Ben Houston.

Visualizing RelationsVisualizing Relations

Concepts.

Extracts

-- relates the Concepts to the Documents.

Documents.

Concepts.

Extracts

-- relates the Concepts to the Documents.

Documents.

skysky blueblue

Questions Children Ask

Questions Children Ask

Intro to Physics

Intro to Physics

3D Layout Mechanism - 13D Layout Mechanism - 1

3 fixed planes3 fixed planes

ConceptsConcepts

DocumentsDocuments

ExtractsExtracts

Densely Connected ExampleDensely Connected Example

coloring indicating componentscoloring indicating components

coloring indicating connectivitycoloring indicating connectivity

3D Layout Mechanism - 33D Layout Mechanism - 3

Simulated Annealing ModelSimulated Annealing Model

attractionattraction repulsionrepulsion

(or “Magnets & Elastics” )(or “Magnets & Elastics” )

More Representative ExampleMore Representative Example

45o view45o view

top viewtop view

circular layoutscircular layouts clustered Layoutsclustered Layouts

Web Browser IntegrationWeb Browser Integration

view documentview document

view an extractview an extract

•VITA-IE [] Visual interface for Text Analysis--Interface Enhancement

•Tool to aid corpus comprehension,management.

•“Crown-of-Thorns”Visual interface to anysemantic search engine

•LinksConceptsHits Documents

•Tool to discover relationswithin corpus

•VITA-IE [] Visual interface for Text Analysis--Interface Enhancement

•Tool to aid corpus comprehension,management.

•“Crown-of-Thorns”Visual interface to anysemantic search engine

•LinksConceptsHits Documents

•Tool to discover relationswithin corpus

VITA-IE [] [Cognitive Modalities]

VITA-IE [] [Cognitive Modalities]

VITA-IE [ [Autonomy]VITA-IE [ [Autonomy]

VITA-gravity self selection

VITA-gravity self selection

VITA-filteringVITA-filtering