Visualizing Information Using SVG and X3D

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Geroimenko, Vladimir (Editor), Chen, Chaomei (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2005.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Multimedia information systems.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computer graphics.; Pattern recognition.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Computer Graphics.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Pattern Recognition.

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Table of Contents:

• Using SVG and X3D in Generic Web Applications
• SVG and X3D in the Context of the XML Family and the Semantic Web
• The Foundations of SVG
• X3D Fundamentals
• SVG as the Visual Interface to Web Services
• X3D Graphics, Java and the Semantic Web
• Distributed User Interfaces: Toward SVG 1.2
• Publishing Paradigms for X3D
• Applying SVG and X3D to Specific Problems
• Visualizing Complex Networks
• Applying SVG to Visualization of Chemical Structures and Reactions
• Using Metadata-based SVG and X3D Graphics in Interactive TV
• Knowledge Visualization Using Dynamic SVG Charts
• Using SVG and XSLT to Display Visually Geo-referenced XML
• Using Adobe Illustrator to Create Complex SVG Illustrations
• X3D-Edit Authoring Tool for Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics
• Concluding Remarks Vladimir Geroimenko and Chaomei Chen.