Visualization VocabularyDataviz vocabulary

encoding

chart type

Established combination of marks, attributes and layout that goes by a name of its own.

type de graphique

Combinaison éprouvée de marques, d'attributs et de disposition, désignée par un nom propre.

Le diagramme en barres et le treemap sont des types ; ce ne sont pas des catégories théoriques mais des conventions nommées.

Classification

  • encoding

Attestation

Sources (52)

405 occurrences in the corpus; indexed by 2 books

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Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/chart-type.html

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

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

Page created on 2026-10-13. Text last changed on 2026-11-06. Numbers computed on 2026-10-22.