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Code: attributeexplorerRoe2000 Title: Attribute Explorer (General Version) Author: Chris Roe Date: Feb-2000 Type: model Funding: PhD - PhD thesis Short description: A tool for visual data exploration EM Technologies: tkeden, %eden, %scout, %donald, execute HOD Keywords: tool, HCI empublic references: attributeexplorernnRoe2000, restaurantRoe2000 EMpress references: paper54, paperATTEXP Web site references: Previous locations: Tour: README

This model was inspired by a visit to IBM's Ease of use research group.
One of the models they demonstrated was a Java version of the Attribute Explorer, based on an idea by Bob Spence of Imperial College, London. This is an implementation of that tool using TkEden. I gave a presentation to Bob Spence and the Ease of use research group on our version of the Attribute Explorer and its possibilities (see the slides at ...). One of the most striking things about it was the fact that the engine of our version fitted onto one piece of A4 paper, the rest of the code was to write the visualisations from scratch. This model allows you to enter data for a number of fields from a list and then see the results in a bar chart format. Scrollbars can be dragged and resized to formulate interactive queries on the data. By moving the mouse over elements of data the details are displayed in another window. The draggable scrollbar widgets and draggable windows were developed for the first time for TkEden in this model. See the README file for detailed instructions and examples on how to use the Attribute Explorer and for limitations and possibilities for future work.

empublic system initially created by Ashley Ward with assistance from Chris Roe and Meurig Beynon.