AN EXPLORATION ON HISTORY OF DIAGRAM REPRESENTATION AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE STUDY OF DATA VISUALIZATION

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This paper is concluded by two sections of study: history research and method research, on topic of data visualization and diagram form of representations. In first part, we reviewed the history and evolution of diagram form of representations and concluded how diagram has constantly evolved with the development of computer technology on several viewpoints. Based on the conclusion, we continued an exploration on creating new diagram type of representation through a verbal description. By following a previous research of common diagrams in “Intention-oriented classification of the visual representation of numerical data” that usually applied in general visualization tools, this study on verbal description presents a different perspective of approach on analyzing variables for visual representation. By means of comparison on descriptions result, we concluded that our approach could contribute to analyze potential variables for creating new diagram of representation base on structured data.