Known Unknowns: Representing Uncertainty in Historical Time

Historic time is inherently uncertain, with missing, disputed, doubtful or ill-defined dates for objects and events. Yet digital timeline visualisations tend to represent it as exact and of undisputed confidence. This is partly due to a lack of awareness, partly due to a lack of support for ambiguities in digital data types and modes of representation. We outline some of the issues around uncertainty in timeline visualisation and ways of addressing them.

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Florian Kräutli

Stephen Boyd Davis

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Publication date: July 2013

Publication date (Print): July 2013

Pages: 61-68

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[0001]Royal College of Art

Kensington Gore

London SW7 2EU, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2013.16

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2013)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 29 - 31 July 2013

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2013)

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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Known Unknowns: Representing Uncertainty in Historical Time

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