Understanding Textual Uncertainty in Dates Using Interactive Timelines

Abstract

This paper explores what is understood by common uncertainty terms (e.g., circa, approximately, around) and how the associated date information affects the perceived range of a given date. This is accomplished through a study incorporating an interactive timeline. Participants are presented with a date and associated uncertainty term, and instructed to mark the possible and probable extents. The results from the study have been used to produce guidelines on the capture of dates, in order to include textual uncertainty and represent them visually.

Contributors

Sam Cottrell

Conference

Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 68-73

Affiliations

Royal College of Art

London SW7 2EU, UK

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2017.13

Copyright statement: © Cottrell. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA London 2017, UK

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2017)

Conference acronym: EVA

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 11 – 13 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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Product Information: 1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing