WHAT IS LIFELINES AND WHY DO I CARE

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WHAT IS LIFELINES AND WHY DO I CARE?

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• LIFELINES PROVIDE A GENERAL VISUALIZATION
• ENVIRONMENT FOR PERSONAL HISTORIES,
• WHICH INCLUDE
• YOUTH RECORDS
• MEDICAL RECORDS
• BIOGRAPHIES
• etc.

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FACETS IN A YOUTH RECORD

• CASES
• PLACEMENTS
• ASSIGNMENTS
• REVIEWS

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EXPLORING PERSONAL HISTORIES WITHOUT LIFELINES
INVOLVES

• BROWSING COMPLEX FORMS AND SEARCHING FOR
  DETAILED INFORMATION IN DOZENS OF SCREENS

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EXPLORING PERSONAL HISTORIES WITHOUT LIFELINES
INVOLVES

• BROWSING COMPLEX FORMS AND SEARCHING FOR
  DETAILED INFORMATION IN DOZENS OF SCREENS
• GREATER CHANCES OF MISSING INFORMATION

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EXPLORING PERSONAL HISTORIES WITHOUT LIFELINES
INVOLVES

• BROWSING COMPLEX FORMS AND SEARCHING FOR
  DETAILED INFORMATION IN DOZENS OF SCREENS
• GREATER CHANCES OF MISSING INFORMATION
• PORING OVER THE GATHERED TABLES OF DATES TO GET
  AN UNDERSTANDING

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EXPLORING PERSONAL HISTORIES WITHOUT LIFELINES
INVOLVES

• BROWSING COMPLEX FORMS AND SEARCHING FOR
  DETAILED INFORMATION IN DOZENS OF SCREENS
• GREATER CHANCES OF MISSING INFORMATION
• PORING OVER THE GATHERED TABLES OF DATES TO GET
  AN UNDERSTANDING
• DIFFICULTY IN GETTING AN OVERVIEW

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EXPLORING PERSONAL HISTORIES WITHOUT LIFELINES
INVOLVES

• BROWSING COMPLEX FORMS AND SEARCHING FOR
  DETAILED INFORMATION IN DOZENS OF SCREENS
• GREATER CHANCES OF MISSING INFORMATION
• PORING OVER THE GATHERED TABLES OF DATES TO
  GET AN UNDERSTANDING
• DIFFICULTY IN GETTING AN OVERVIEW
• DIFFICULTY IN SPOTTING TRENDS AND ANOMALIES

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EXPLORING PERSONAL HISTORIES WITHOUT LIFELINES
INVOLVES

• BROWSING COMPLEX FORMS AND SEARCHING FOR
  DETAILED INFORMATION IN DOZENS OF SCREENS
• GREATER CHANCES OF MISSING INFORMATION
• PORING OVER THE GATHERED TABLES OF DATES TO GET
  AN UNDERSTANDING
• DIFFICULTY IN GETTING AN OVERVIEW
• DIFFICULTY IN SPOTTING TRENDS AND ANOMALIES
• DELAYS WHICH CAN HAVE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS

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FACETS IN A YOUTH RECORD

• CASES
• PLACEMENTS
• ASSIGNMENTS
• REVIEWS

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ADVANTAGES

• OVERVIEW IN A SINGLE SCREEN
• DETAILED INFORMATION WITH 1 OR 2 MOUSE CLICKS
• PROMOTES ALERTS TO THE OVERVIEW

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DISADVANTAGES

• 1 LEVEL ZOOMING POINTS OF INTEREST
• DATA ENTRY STILL A PROBLEM
• LARGE DATA BLURRED OVERVIEW
• AN EXAMPLE WITH CHAT DATA

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CONCLUSION

• LIFELINES IS AN EFFICIENT MEANS FOR SHOWING A
  ROUGH OVERVIEW OF DATA BUT IT NEEDS TO BE
  AUGMENTED WITH MULTILEVEL ZOOMING TECHNIQUES TO
  BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL