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Kaser, Owen, & Lemire, Daniel (2007). Tag-Cloud Drawing: Algorithms for Cloud Visualization. In Proceedings of the Tagging and Metadata for Social Information Organization Workshop, 16th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2007). Banff, Canada : IW3C2.
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Item Type: | Papers in Conference Proceedings |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Status: | Published |
Abstract: | Tag clouds provide an aggregate of tag-usage statistics. They are typically sent as in-line HTML to browsers. However, display mechanisms suited for ordinary text are not ideal for tags, because font sizes may vary widely on a line. As well, the typical layout does not account for relationships that may be known between tags. This paper presents models and algorithms to improve the display of tag clouds that con- sist of in-line HTML, as well as algorithms that use nested tables to achieve a more general 2-dimensional layout in which tag relationships are considered. The first algorithms leverage prior work in typesetting and rectangle packing, whereas the second group of algorithms leverage prior work in Electronic Design Automation. Experiments show our algorithms can be efficiently implemented and perform well. |
Official URL: | http://www2007.org/workshops/paper_12.pdf |
Depositor: | Lemire, Daniel |
Owner / Manager: | Daniel Lemire |
Deposited: | 05 Jun 2007 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2015 00:47 |
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