Visualizing Information: Visualizing Information: Using WebTheme to Visualize Using WebTheme to Visualize Internet Search Results Internet Search Results Karen Buxton and Mary Frances Lembo Karen Buxton and Mary Frances Lembo The Value of Information: The Value of Information: American Society for Information Science American Society for Information Science Pacific Northwest Chapter Pacific Northwest Chapter Fall Meeting Fall Meeting Sept. 20-21, 2002 Sept. 20-21, 2002 PNNL-SA-36456
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Visualizing Information: Visualizing Information: Using WebTheme to Visualize Using WebTheme to Visualize
Internet Search ResultsInternet Search Results
Karen Buxton and Mary Frances LemboKaren Buxton and Mary Frances Lembo
The Value of Information:The Value of Information:American Society for Information ScienceAmerican Society for Information Science
Information VisualizationInformation VisualizationInformation VisualizationInformation Visualization
What is an information visualization? Visual representation of data, which allows the user to navigate
through large datasets more quickly and gain additional insight about the data.
What types of data can be used? Text
Image Data
Numerical Data.
Etc.
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How Is Information Visualization Used?How Is Information Visualization Used?How Is Information Visualization Used?How Is Information Visualization Used?
Battlefield Awareness
Business Intelligence
Enterprise Knowledge
Management
Environmental Security
Intellectual Asset
Management
Intelligence Analysis
Law Enforcement
Market Assessment
Medical Informatics
Medical Research
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Research Program Management
Science and Technology
Scanning
Translingual Text Analysis
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Information Visualization at PNNLInformation Visualization at PNNLInformation Visualization at PNNLInformation Visualization at PNNL
Analyzes large volumes of text
Displays related documents
and themes as star clusters
and terrain maps
SPIRE Related Technologies
WebTheme
Galaxies ThemeView Correlation Tool Starlight
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What is WebTheme?What is WebTheme?What is WebTheme?What is WebTheme?
Web-enabled version of SPIREHarvests data from the World Wide Web by using search terms,
or following links derived
from user specified URLs
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LicensingLicensingLicensingLicensing
Government Agencies (NOT Contractors) WebTheme use agreement available at no cost!
Installation and training agreement available for a fee
Non-Governmental Organizations
Negotiate a contract
Recommend installation and trainingagreement
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Why Use WebTheme?Why Use WebTheme?Why Use WebTheme?Why Use WebTheme?
Investigate and characterize websites
Investigate a new technology
Find key players in a particular field
Find opportunities for Collaboration
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Using WebThemeUsing WebThemeUsing WebThemeUsing WebTheme
Preparing a WebTheme Query
Planning a Query
Creating a Dataset
Exploring a Dataset
Using WebTheme Tools
Exploring a Galaxy
Exploring ThemeView
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Planning a WebTheme QueryPlanning a WebTheme QueryPlanning a WebTheme QueryPlanning a WebTheme Query
Decide How to Gather the Data
Experiment with Search Engine Queries Google Altavista
Examine Search Results Modify Query If Needed
Exploration of the Site or Links URL List
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WebThemeWebThemeWebThemeWebTheme
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Create a New Data SetCreate a New Data SetCreate a New Data SetCreate a New Data Set
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Create a Search Query or Create a Search Query or Follow a URL List?Follow a URL List?
Create a Search Query or Create a Search Query or Follow a URL List?Follow a URL List?