Abstract
A key feature of diagrams is well-matchedness, referred to as
iconicity in philosophy. A well-matched diagram has a structural resemblance to its semantics and is believed to be an effective representation. In this paper, we view well-matchedness as a feature of diagrams’ meaning carriers – syntactic relationships that convey meaning. Each meaning carrier may or may not structurally resemble, i.e. be well-matched to, its semantics. This paper provides the first empirical study that evaluates the impact of well-matched meaning carriers on effectiveness in Euler diagrams and linear diagrams. There are two key take-away messages: using only well-matched meaning carriers led to the best task performance and using both well-matched and non-well-matched meaning carriers in a single diagram should be approached with caution.
iconicity in philosophy. A well-matched diagram has a structural resemblance to its semantics and is believed to be an effective representation. In this paper, we view well-matchedness as a feature of diagrams’ meaning carriers – syntactic relationships that convey meaning. Each meaning carrier may or may not structurally resemble, i.e. be well-matched to, its semantics. This paper provides the first empirical study that evaluates the impact of well-matched meaning carriers on effectiveness in Euler diagrams and linear diagrams. There are two key take-away messages: using only well-matched meaning carriers led to the best task performance and using both well-matched and non-well-matched meaning carriers in a single diagram should be approached with caution.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 11th International Conference, Diagrams 2020, Proceedings |
Editors | Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Peter Chapman, Leonie Bosveld-de Smet, Valeria Giardino, James Corter, Sven Linker |
Place of Publication | Cham |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 247-263 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030542498 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030542481 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 17 Aug 2020 |
Event | International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams - Tallinn, Estonia Duration: 24 Aug 2020 → 28 Aug 2020 Conference number: 11th http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2020/ |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 12169 LNAI |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams |
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Abbreviated title | Diagrams 2020 |
Country/Territory | Estonia |
City | Tallinn |
Period | 24/08/20 → 28/08/20 |
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Bibliographical note
The final authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54249-8_20Keywords
- Diagrams
- Iconicity
- Sets
- Visualization
- Well-matched
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