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DataMontage™ is a collection of software applications and libraries that enables you to create, display,
and print information-dense collections of timelines,
time-series graphs, and time-stamped notes.
You can stack graphs and timelines vertically or arrange them in rows and columns to see patterns
spanning multiple variables. Flexible control over the color, shape, and size of graph and timeline symbols
lets you encode multiple attributes and highlight significant data points. Custom icon support lets you draw
data points using image icons, text strings, or arbitrary graphics drawn by custom drawing software.
Colored lines and regions help you compare data points to reference values, time intervals, and ranges.
DataMontage lets you see additional information associated with each graphical data element using mouse rollovers,
popup HTML windows, and navigation to other web pages.
Your Java applet, application, or web server application can configure the content and format of
DataMontage objects via Java application programming interface (API).
Programs written in Java or in other languages can configure DataMontage displays by
creating Extensible Markup Language (XML) files.
DataMontage also supports custom user interactivity by providing an API that enables menu
choices to be added to the context menu.
DataMontage can automatically highlight the data points and/or time intervals that
satisfy certain selection criteria.
For example, a data point query could draw a circle around every data point in any timeline that
is related to the currently-selected reference data point, using a comparison function.
The pre-built DataMontage Viewer application enables you to open, display, print, and create JPEG files from
DataMontage graphical displays. The DataMontage Editor enables you to create and edit the content, layout,
and appearance of graphical displays easily. You can use the Editor to create graphical displays to review
data, create graph mockups, and create graph templates that are populated with data by a software application
that embeds the DataMontage run-time library.
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