Visualizing Information Using SVG and X3D : XML-based Technologies for the XML-based Web

This is the first book devoted to both SVG and X3D as a new and universal means of visualizing information.

It presents the state-of-the-art research emerging in this novel area and introduces SVG and X3D fundamentals and leading authoring tools.

The key topics covered include:- The foundations of SVG and X3D - Data, information, knowledge and network visualization - Advanced and distributed user interfaces - Visualizing metadata and the Semantic Web - Visual interfaces to Web services - New trends and paradigms in publishing and Interactive TV - Displaying geographically referenced data and chemical structures - Advanced use of Adobe Illustrator and X3D-Edit authoring toolsThis book will be essential reading not only for researchers, Web developers and graduate students but also for undergraduates and everyone who is interested in using the next-generation computer graphics on their web sites.