Reviewing data visualization: an analytical taxonomical study

This paper presents an analytical taxonomy that can suit-ably describe, rather than simply classify, techniques for data presentation. Unlike previous works, we do not con-sider particular aspects of visualization techniques, but their mechanisms and foundational vision perception. In-stead of just adjusting visualization research to a classifica-tion system, our aim is to better understand its process. For doing so, we depart from elementary concepts to reach a model that can describe how visualization techniques work and how they convey meaning.