Visualisation of time-based Entity-Relationship graph structures: the Spiral Entity-Relationship diagram

Abstract

An interactive system called the “Spiral Entity-Relationship Diagram” is proposed to visualise data structures common in query results from some online services (Recorded Future, Twitter). The proposed diagram is designed so that it can accommodate many query results and adding more results on-the-fly is possible. Query results can be distinguished in relevance by their colour and the user is able to manipulate the diagram by panning and zooming, as well as sorting and filtering results by their specific characteristics.