Standpoint-based Linked Data Visualization Approach

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a standpoint-based Linked Data visualization approach, with the main goal of developing a Linked Data browser that receives an entity and visualizes the data related to it in various ways based on multiple "standpoints". Here, a standpoint means the data generated from a user's perspective of interest in an entity and it's visualization. For example, "volcano" and "World Heritage Site" are standpoints with respect to Mt. Fuji. Considering these standpoints, a user interested in "volcano" in our browser is shown types of volcanoes and the history of volcanic eruptions, while a user interested in "World Heritage Site" is shown a list of viewing spots and the list of visitor numbers per year. This feature is not found in existing Linked Data browsers that can be defined as "single" standpoint browsers. In this paper we present our proposed approach and describe a prototype system based on this approach.