1. A method comprising: receiving a layout of document components of a panoptic visualization document collection having a plurality of document components each of which includes respective media content and has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component, the layout including a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components; selecting one or more navigation options from a plurality of navigation options for navigating a visual presentation of the layout, the navigation options being selected according to the associated metadata for the document components of the layout; communicating the selected navigation options to a graphical user interface for presentation to a user along with the visual presentation of the layout, the selected navigation options thereby being selectable by the user to request an adjustment of the visual presentation of the layout; receiving a request according to one or more of the selected navigation options presented by the graphical user interface; and in response thereto, effecting an adjustment of the visual presentation of the layout according to the request; and communicating the adjustment to the graphical user interface for presentation to the user.
1. A method comprising: receiving a layout of document components of a panoptic visualization document collection having a plurality of document components each of which includes respective media content and has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component, the layout including a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components; selecting one or more navigation options from a plurality of navigation options for navigating a visual presentation of the layout, the navigation options being selected according to the associated metadata for the document components of the layout; communicating the selected navigation options to a graphical user interface for presentation to a user along with the visual presentation of the layout, the selected navigation options thereby being selectable by the user to request an adjustment of the visual presentation of the layout; receiving a request according to one or more of the selected navigation options presented by the graphical user interface; and in response thereto, effecting an adjustment of the visual presentation of the layout according to the request; and communicating the adjustment to the graphical user interface for presentation to the user. 6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the layout of document components comprises a layout of first document components, and the selected navigation options comprise first navigation options, and wherein the method further comprises: receiving a layout of second document components of the panoptic visualization document collection, the second document components including one or more document components other than in the first document components, the layout of second document components including a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of the second document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components; selecting one or more second navigation options from the plurality of navigation options for navigating the visual presentation of the layout of second document components, the second navigation options being selected according to the associated metadata for the second document components and including one or more navigation options different from the first navigation options; and communicating the selected navigation options.