Knowledge Graph Visualization for Understanding Ideas

Abstract

Knowledge graphs provide information on entities such as objects, events and historical figures, and how they are connected to one another. In this paper we discuss the application of visualization techniques to knowledge graphs and highlight the insights that are made possible. We also propose a browser-based method for exploring knowledge graphs based on self-organizing maps. We developed a browser-based framework called Desic to apply this technique to the Knowledge Web project, and to evaluate its performance.