Panoptic visualization of a document according to the structure thereof

摘要

A system is provided for panoptic visualization (100) of a document having a structure defined according to a particular schema. The system includes a document parser (202), colligater (204) and layout engine (308). The document parser (202) is configured to disassemble an electronic document into a plurality of constituent pages each of which includes respective media content. The colligater (204) is configured to colligate the pages, including being configured to provide metadata for each page of the plurality. The metadata identifies a link between the page and one or more other pages of the plurality, and the link establishes a logical relationship between the respective pages according to the structure of the document. The layout engine (308) is in turn configured to generate a layout of pages of the document. In this regard, the layout includes a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of the pages of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective pages.