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@incollection{citeulike:5304686, abstract = {We develop novel timeline interfaces which separate the events in timelines into threads and then allow users to select among them. This interface is illustrated with five threads describing the causes of the American Civil War. In addition to selecting each of the threads, the sequence of events it describes can be played. That is, the user can step through the sequence of events and get a description of each event in the context of its thread. In addition, many of the events have links to more focused timelines and to external resources such as Wikipedia.}, author = {Allen, Robert and Nalluru, Sumanth}, citeulike-article-id = {5304686}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02556-3_38}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/g242286162t844qu}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-02556-3_38}, journal = {Human Interface and the Management of Information. Designing Information Environments}, keywords = {algorithms, visualization}, pages = {333--338}, posted-at = {2009-08-10 17:36:17}, priority = {2}, title = {Exploring History with Narrative Timelines}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02556-3_38}, year = {2009} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:5304686 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5304686 N2 - We develop novel timeline interfaces which separate the events in timelines into threads and then allow users to select among them. This interface is illustrated with five threads describing the causes of the American Civil War. In addition to selecting each of the threads, the sequence of events it describes can be played. That is, the user can step through the sequence of events and get a description of each event in the context of its thread. In addition, many of the events have links to more focused timelines and to external resources such as Wikipedia. JF - Human Interface and the Management of Information. Designing Information Environments EP - 338 TI - Exploring History with Narrative Timelines SP - 333 KW - algorithms KW - visualization AU - Allen, Robert AU - Nalluru, Sumanth PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02556-3_38 ER -