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  <Title>A CONTEXT VECTOR-BASED SELF ORGANIZING MAP FOR INFORMATION VISUALIZATION</Title>
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4. SUMMARY
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    <Paragraph position="0"> As we continue through the information age, tools such as DOCUVERSE will no longer be considered luxuries, but rather necessities. HNC has developed DOCUVERSE as merely a proof of concept system. We feel that this technology is far from realizing its full potential. As information visualization technology evolves and matures, so too will tools like DOCUVERSE.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> HNC is in the process of exploring new ways to visualize this powerful information representation technology. One area of interest is developing three dimensional SOMs. The user will be presented with a spherical array of nodes, representing the &amp;quot;world&amp;quot; of information. Used in conjunction with flat maps, the user would have a hierarchical SOM capable visualizing information at various levels of resolution. It is clear that in terms of visualization, &amp;quot;one size fits all&amp;quot; does not apply. What is intuitively obvious to one user is unclear and convoluted to another. Realizing this, we have identified numerous browsing paradigms to appeal to a broader audience.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> Tools like the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) are well suited for use with this technology for visualizing information on the World Wide Web, and will aid us as we strive to improve information visualization.</Paragraph>
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