InfoMaps : A Session Based Document Visualization and Analysis Tool

InfoMaps is an information visualization tool designed for personal information management and for supporting data analysis. In this paper we briefly discuss the design of InfoMaps and explain its role in finding relevant information. InfoMaps is tightly coupled with Weave, an open source framework, providing a set of data analysis and visualization tools. Weave's framework is built with session states as its core and this provides InfoMaps the ability to store the entire user's interactions as well as visualization layouts. We discuss the implications of using the Weave framework with InfoMaps and its relevance to the field of information retrieval and visual analytics.