Mackinlay, Card

Data Variables
1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D, etc
Data Types
nominal, ordered, quantitative
Marks
point, line, area, surface, volume
geometric primitives
Retinal Properties
size, brightness, color, texture, orientation, shape...
parameters that control the appearance of geometric primitives
separable channels of information flowing from retina to brain

closest thing to central dogma we've got


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