John Wenskovitch, Michelle Dowling

Abstract

Visual analytics tools integrate provenance recording to externalize analytic processes or user insights. Provenance can be captured on varying levels of detail, and in turn activities can be characterized from different granularities. However, current approaches do not support inferring activities that can only be characterized across multiple levels of provenance. We propose a task abstraction framework that consists of a three stage approach, composed of 1) initializing a provenance task hierarchy, 2) parsing the provenance hierarchy by using an abstraction mapping mechanism, and 3) leveraging the task hierarchy in an analytical tool. Furthermore, we identify implications to accommodate iterative refinement, context, variability, and uncertainty during all stages of the framework. We describe a use case which exemplifies our abstraction framework, demonstrating how context can influence the provenance hierarchy to support analysis. The article concludes with an agenda, raising and discussing challenges that need to be considered for successfully implementing such a framework.

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Publication Details

Date of publication:
October 10, 2019
Journal:
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Page number(s):
46-60
Volume:
39
Issue Number:
6
Publication note:

Christian Bors, John E. Wenskovitch, Michelle Dowling, Simon Attfield, Leilani Battle, Alex Endert, Olga Kulyk, Robert S. Laramee: A Provenance Task Abstraction Framework. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 39(6): 46-60 (2019)