<s>
In	O
databases	O
,	O
brushing	B-Application
and	I-Application
linking	I-Application
is	O
the	O
connection	O
of	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
views	B-Language
of	O
the	O
same	O
data	O
,	O
such	O
that	O
a	O
change	O
to	O
the	O
representation	O
in	O
one	O
view	O
affects	O
the	O
representation	O
in	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brushing	B-Application
and	I-Application
linking	I-Application
is	O
also	O
an	O
important	O
technique	O
in	O
interactive	B-Application
visual	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
,	O
a	O
method	O
for	O
performing	O
visual	O
exploration	O
and	O
analysis	O
of	O
large	O
,	O
structured	O
data	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
example	O
might	O
be	O
a	O
two-part	O
display	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
histogram	B-Algorithm
alongside	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
document	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
histogram	B-Algorithm
could	O
show	O
how	O
many	O
documents	O
were	O
published	O
each	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brushing	B-Application
and	I-Application
linking	I-Application
would	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
assign	O
a	O
color	O
,	O
green	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
to	O
one	O
bar	O
of	O
the	O
histogram	B-Algorithm
,	O
thus	O
causing	O
the	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
list	O
display	O
that	O
were	O
published	O
during	O
the	O
corresponding	O
month	O
to	O
also	O
be	O
highlighted	O
in	O
green	O
.	O
</s>
