history flow

history flow
visualizing the editing history of Wikipedia pages

history flow is a tool for visualizing dynamic, evolving documents and the interactions of multiple collaborating authors.

In its current implementation, history flow is being used to visualize the evolutionary history of wiki pages on Wikipedia.

How it works:

http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/visual/projects/history_flow/explanation.htm

Download the application and run your own analysis on Wikipages:

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/historyflow

The attached image file shows the history of the Wikipedia article on Chocolate.

The zig-zag lines on the right of the graph represent back-and-forth discussions of the contents.