A concrete entity is a conceptual entity (i.e., a node) in the IVAS ontology for recording an instance of a symptom, a cause, a remedy, or a side-effect that may be identified or considered in the lifecycle of a visual analytics process, system, or workflow. The class of Concrete Entity consists of three subclasses, namely Symptom, Cause, and Remedy, which provide the high-level categorization in organizing concrete entities. Within each subclass, entities are first organized by four types of visual analytics processes, and further organized according to its highlighted keywords in the alphabetical order. Viewers can also use the "Find" button of the browser to search desired keywords within this page. Each concrete entity is mapped to one abstract entity, in square brackets, at the end of the descriptive statement. In the case of a cause entity, two abstract entities are shown in the form of [A → B], which is read as A causes B.
The instances below represent only the first step for building a comprehensive collection, and should only be considered as examples at the current stage. We hope that the visual analytics community will continue enrich this collection by adding more instances that are identified in our effort for designing, developing, evaluating and improving visual analytics processes, systems, and workflows. To make your contribution that will be acknowledged on this web site, please visit the Contribute page.