Storyline visualization

A method for creating a storyline visualization, comprising:

• identifying a chapter topic based upon one or more document topics and one or more timestamps associated with a cluster of temporal documents;
• creating a chapter of a first storyline of a main story based upon the chapter topic, the creating comprising assigning a date range to the chapter based upon the one or more timestamps;
• assigning a temporal document to the chapter based upon the temporal document comprising a timestamp within the date range of the chapter and a document topic corresponding to the chapter topic of the chapter;
• and
• adding the chapter to a storyline visualization of the main story.

A system for creating a storyline visualization, comprising:

• a chapter creation component configured to:
• identify a chapter topic based upon one or more document topics and one or more timestamps associated with a cluster of temporal documents;
• create a chapter of a first storyline of a main story based upon the chapter topic, the creating comprising assigning a date range to the chapter based upon the one or more timestamps;
• assign a temporal document to the chapter based upon the temporal document comprising a timestamp within the date range of the chapter and a document topic corresponding to the chapter topic of the chapter;
• and
• add the chapter to a storyline visualization of the main story.