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Towards Synchronizing Data Sources and Information Visualization in Virtual Research Environments

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Advanced Visual Interfaces. Supporting Big Data Applications (AVI-BDA 2016)

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Abstract

There are many systems that visualize abstract data in the context of Information Visualization (IVIS). However, most systems create unidirectional visualizations that represent a static product of the source data. Possible changes to the content of the visualization – if that is possible at all – are not reflected to the data sources. This paper recommends a theoretical approach to use modern Web technologies and state-of-the-art system architectures to conceptualize a synchronization-enabled Web-based 3D IVIS infrastructure. Within applications built on top of this infrastructure, clients are able to modify data properties within three-dimensional real-time visualizations. In consequence, these content modifications are automatically transmitted to the server-side data sources for persistence. Moreover, relevant content changes on the server side are broadcast to all registered clients to maintain a permanent consistent state between data sources and derived IVIS-products. Particularly, a Mediator-Wrapper architecture is used in order to semantically integrate heterogeneous data sources in Big Data scenarios. Note that this paper presents a theoretical approach and that validation and evaluation are future tasks.

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    Christian Danowski-Buhren, Marco X. Bornschlegl & Matthias L. Hemmje

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Danowski-Buhren, C., Bornschlegl, M.X., Schmidt, B., Hemmje, M.L. (2016). Towards Synchronizing Data Sources and Information Visualization in Virtual Research Environments. In: Bornschlegl, M.X., Engel, F.C., Bond, R., Hemmje, M.L. (eds) Advanced Visual Interfaces. Supporting Big Data Applications. AVI-BDA 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10084. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50070-6_7

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