| 摘要 |
A system and method are provided for generating a plurality of environments for a diagrammatic domain coupled to a temporal domain, such that each of the environments has a plurality of nodes and links between the nodes to form a respective information structure . The system and method include storage for storing a plurality of data objects of the diagrammatic domain for use in generating the plurality of nodes and links, and rules data stored in the storage and configured for assigning each of the plurality of data objects to a one or more environments of the plurality of environments. A layout logic module is used for providing a first layout pattern for a first environment of the plurality of environments and a second layout pattern for a second environment of the plurality of environments, such that each of the layout patterns includes distinct predefined layout rules for coordinating the visual appearance and spatial distribution of the respective nodes and links with respect to a reference surface for each of the first and second environments to provide the corresponding information structures. A layout module is used for applying the first layout pattern to a first data object set assigned by the rules data from the plurality of data objects to the first environment for laying out the corresponding nodes and links and configured for applying the second layout pattern to a second data objec t set assigned by the rules data from the plurality of data objects to the second environment for laying out the corresponding nodes and links, such that some of the data objects from the first data object set are also included in the data objects of the second data object set. An environment generation module is used for coordinating presentation of the generated first and seco nd environments on a display, for subsequent analysis by a user. Further, a reconfiguration modul e is used to reconfigure the position and/or visual properties of the nodes and links.</S DOAB>
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