Tag-Cloud Drawing: Algorithms for Cloud Visualization Export

@misc{citeulike:1299464, abstract = {Tag clouds provide an aggregate of tag-usage statistics. They are typically sent as in-line HTML to browsers. However, display mechanisms suited for ordinary text are not ideal for tags, because font sizes may vary widely on a line. As well, the typical layout does not account for relationships that may be known between tags. This paper presents models and algorithms to improve the display of tag clouds that con- sist of in-line HTML, as well as algorithms that use nested tables to achieve a more general 2-dimensional layout in which tag relationships are considered. The first algorithms leverage prior work in typesetting and rectangle packing, whereas the second group of algorithms leverage prior work in Electronic Design Automation. Experiments show our algorithms can be efficiently implemented and perform well.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Kaser, Owen and Lemire, Daniel}, citeulike-article-id = {1299464}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0703109}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs/0703109}, day = {7}, eprint = {cs/0703109}, keywords = {tagcloud}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2009-03-17 01:18:46}, priority = {0}, title = {Tag-Cloud Drawing: Algorithms for Cloud Visualization}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0703109}, year = {2007} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:1299464 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1299464 N2 - Tag clouds provide an aggregate of tag-usage statistics. They are typically sent as in-line HTML to browsers. However, display mechanisms suited for ordinary text are not ideal for tags, because font sizes may vary widely on a line. As well, the typical layout does not account for relationships that may be known between tags. This paper presents models and algorithms to improve the display of tag clouds that con- sist of in-line HTML, as well as algorithms that use nested tables to achieve a more general 2-dimensional layout in which tag relationships are considered. The first algorithms leverage prior work in typesetting and rectangle packing, whereas the second group of algorithms leverage prior work in Electronic Design Automation. Experiments show our algorithms can be efficiently implemented and perform well. TI - Tag-Cloud Drawing: Algorithms for Cloud Visualization KW - tagcloud AU - Kaser, Owen AU - Lemire, Daniel PY - 2007/May/07/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0703109 ER -