arXiv:2606.09239cs.LGcs.HC2026-06

让非专业用户也能轻松嵌入交互式数据分析工具。

Orange Lab: Lowering Barriers to Data Mining through Embedded Interactive Workflows

  • 通过可嵌入的组件化工作流,实现可视化分析的动态响应。
  • 支持将分析界面无缝嵌入网页,提升教学与共享体验。
  • 适合教育、科普场景,降低数据科学使用门槛。

尽管可视化编程已成为数据科学民主化的重要途径,但现有系统多局限于独立应用,难以迁移到交互式网络环境。为此,我们提出Orange Lab——一个基于网页的协同可视化数据分析平台。其核心是允许用户通过模块化组件构建机器学习工作流,任一组件的交互会实时传递至整个流程,使静态管道变为动态响应系统,支持探索与数据叙事。关键贡献在于组件暴露(component exposition)机制:作者可将工作流中特定组件或界面部分嵌入任意网页上下文,实现同步交互,同时隐藏底层复杂性。这使得定制化分析视图与叙事型体验成为可能,将数据分析直接融入在线内容。我们在数据素养教育中验证该方法,嵌入组件引导学生动手探索机器学习概念,无需了解系统底层,证明Orange Lab有效降低了入门门槛,推动数据科学普及。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

While visual programming of data analysis workflows has become an important vehicle for the democratization of data science, such systems remain largely confined to standalone applications and offer limited support for transitioning their visual analytics solutions into interactive web environments. As a result, data analysis pipelines are difficult to share, embed, and adapt into user-facing analytical tools. We present Orange Lab, a web-based collaborative environment for visual data analytics. At its core, Orange Lab enables users to visually construct machine learning workflows from modular components, where interactions in any component propagate seamlessly through the workflow, turning static pipelines into dynamic, reactive systems that support exploration and data-driven storytelling. Our key contribution is component exposition, a paradigm that allows authors to embed selected workflow components, or parts of their interfaces, into arbitrary web contexts, creating synchronized, interactive interfaces while hiding underlying workflow complexity. This enables the development of tailored analytical views and narrative-driven experiences that integrate data analysis directly into online materials. We demonstrate the approach through deployments in data literacy education, where embedded components guide students in hands-on exploration of machine learning concepts without requiring knowledge of the underlying system, showing that Orange Lab effectively lowers barriers to entry and supports the democratization of data science.

可视化分析交互式工具数据教育

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