[R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

[Sander Oom]

Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> Romain Francois wrote:
> 
>> Graphics will be classified in :
>>   - categories
>>   - sub-categories within those categories
>> So far so good.
> 
>  Maybe, maybe not! Would a system of keywords work better than strict 
> hierarchical categories, as long as plots can have more than one keyword 
> attached? Someone might be interested in all 3d plots, or all plots 
> related to model fitting, and these categories may not be distinct!
> 
> Barry
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The whole point of a gallery is to show something to the user before the 
user knows what he is looking for. The R help functions currently 
available are hopeless when you have a picture of a graph in your head 
without knowing the required commands.

Thus a gallery based on some categorization is required. The gallery 
already has a search facility for 'un-categorized' searching. At the 
same time the gallery will provide cross links between different graphs 
using the same command/package or other similarities.

I suggested that the categorization for sigmaplot graphs could be a 
useful start:
http://www.systat.com/products/SigmaPlot/productinfo/?sec=1003

The gallery is based on a database, so keyword searching is no problem.

Of course graphs will likely be members of more then one sub-category. 
This is also no problem thanks to the database approach!

Hopefully we can agree on a categorization, such that we can start 
populating the gallery!

Cheers,

Sander.

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