Viz-Blocks: Building Visualizations and Documents in the Browser

dc.contributor.authorMcNeill, Grahamen_US
dc.contributor.authorHale, Scott A.en_US
dc.contributor.editorJohansson, Jimmy and Sadlo, Filip and Marai, G. Elisabetaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-02T18:14:44Z
dc.date.available2019-06-02T18:14:44Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractViz-Blocks is a simple browser-based UI for data exploration and document creation. It incorporates the Vega-Lite grammar of graphics for standard visualizations (including multiple views and interaction) whereas 'code blocks' provide the full power of the JavaScript ecosystem for creating custom visualizations and other bespoke content. Visualizations are treated as reusable 'blocks' that are easily created, modified and compared during exploration. When preparing results for dissemination, visualizations can be customized and combined with Markdown and image blocks to produce a single or multi-page HTML document that is easily styled and exported. Viz-blocks was designed in consultation with academics, students and policy makers to bridge the gap between visualization tools and more traditional document-authoring tools. The application is aimed at a wide audience: the lightweight, hybrid UI allows all users to access the core functionality, while experienced users can take advantage of code-blocks and the option to use advanced features of Vega-Lite via JSON/YAML snippets.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersWeb Interfaces and Learning
dc.description.seriesinformationEuroVis 2019 - Short Papers
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/evs.20191177
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-090-1
dc.identifier.pages97-101
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/evs.20191177
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/evs20191177
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectcentered computing
dc.subjectVisualization systems and tools
dc.subjectApplied computing
dc.subjectDocument preparation
dc.titleViz-Blocks: Building Visualizations and Documents in the Browseren_US
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