Data Beauty: A Construction of Aesthetic View of Data Visualization with Typological Orientation

10.29465/IJDMD.202012_12(2).0001

Chiung-Hui Chen

Visualization ； Data ； Schemas ； Aesthetic ； Typology

國際數位媒體設計學刊

12卷2期（2020 / 12 / 01）

1 - 15

英文

Big data have brought about an open data environment and highlighted the importance of ＂data visualization＂. Data visualization is an emerging research topic, and its concept, methods, and applications are all under development. Therefore, this study sorted out and reviewed important domestic and foreign data visualization literature, and attempted to supplement relevant content for this emerging subject. This study is significant because it proposes a conceptual system for ＂data beauty＂ through the ＂typological＂ method. The study first reviewed the importance of data beauty; secondly, it defined data beauty in the typology system, specifically verified and analyzed 22 ＂radial ring＂ structure types, constructed type hierarchical schemas, and finally constructed a ＂genealogical chart＂ of data beauty and discussed the practice of data beauty. In type hierarchical schemas, the radial ring structure consisted of two main hierarchical structures: the first was the intention shown in the schema layout, which was the base schema of the type hierarchical schemas; the second was to complete the operation of the aforementioned schema layout, called the operational schema, which was responsible for forming the database into rules. Basically, the base schema must undergo further interpretation before it could be prototyped, and the operational schema was a way of interpretating the base schema. In all, this study constructed seven (7) base schemas and two (2) operational schemas to enhance the understanding of data beauty knowledge.

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