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Glyph (data visualization)
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<p>In the context of <a href="/facts/Data_visualization/ET1lSjFa">data visualization</a>, a <a href="/facts/Glyph/A7Gesbxj">glyph</a> is any marker, such as an arrow or similar marking, used to specify part of a <a href="/facts/Scientific_visualization/p0yPc1X5">visualization</a>. This is a representation to visualize data where the data set is presented as a collection of visual objects. These visual objects are collectively called a glyph. It helps visualizing data relation in data analysis, statistics, etc. by using any custom notation. </p> <p>In the context of data visualization, a glyph is the visual representation of a piece of data where the attributes of a graphical entity are dictated by one or more attributes of a data record.</p>— Matthew O. Ward, Multivariate data glyphs: Principles and practice, In: <i>Handbook of data visualization</i> (2008), p.180.