@conference{456, author = {Florian Windhager and Paolo Federico and Saminu Salisu and Matthias Schlögl and Eva Mayr}, title = {A Synoptic Visualization Framework for the Multi-Perspective Study of Biography and Prosopography Data}, abstract = {The investigation of biography data as consistently time-oriented information connecting multiple data dimensions can be supported by multiple visualization perspectives. Biographical and prosopographical database projects contain temporally structured datasets connecting events, places, people, institutions with a variety of relations between them. We discuss challenges emerging from scholarly reasoning with these complex aggregated data, and present a visualization concept as a basis for future investigations. Specific attention is dedicated to the discussion of visual synergies to combine information and insights from multiple views and perspectives into a more coherent visual analytics environment, supporting the creation of integrated and shared mental models of data from our collective past. }, year = {2017}, journal = {Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization for the Digital Humanities (VIS4DH‘17)}, pages = {5}, address = {Phoenix, AZ}, url = {http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/publik_261673.pdf}, }