data

category

“Identifiable part of a component or of a variable” (Bertin, translated).

catégorie

aussi : palier

« Partie identifiable d'une composante ou d'une variable »

Bertin emploie indifféremment élément, classe ou palier.

Classification

data

Attestation

French term: Bertin, Sémiologie graphique, 1967
English definition: Semiology of graphics: diagrams, networks, maps

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Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/category.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. category. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/category.html

BibTeX

@incollection{taudiere2026-category,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {category},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/category.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

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