The phrase "act of charting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the process or action of creating a chart or diagram to represent data or information visually.
Example: "The act of charting the data helped the team identify trends and make informed decisions."
Alternatives: "process of mapping" or "action of plotting".
(The piece, a combination of time cards and photographs, is on view at the Guggenheim in "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989"). His third piece was a year spent living entirely outdoors, mostly in downtown New York, filling his time with the basic act of surviving and charting his movements.
It also benefits hugely from breaking the 90-minute rule and offering a second act: only by charting the passage of time, and introducing new characters, does Stenham reveal the full extent of the kids' filial need and even elicit a measure of sympathy for the suicide-prone mother.
Probably the most successful and certainly the most straightforward sports drama, Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), is excellent, touching and well acted, charting the development of chess whizz Josh Waitzkin from anonymity to acclaim.
Automating the act of making a chart out of data in neatly labeled columns is one thing.
Because the most basic act of citizenship is participating in charting the direction of the nation, state and family through one's vote.
In the Blitz slipstream, a dynasty of 35 new-look acts charted during 1981 alone, including Visage, Ultravox, Duran Duran, the Human League, Heaven 17, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Toyah, Blue Rondo, ABC.
Troyanov's novel is itself an act of brave exploration, setting out to chart the unknown and unknowable by filling in the blank spaces of Richard Francis Burton.
It's a belief that diversifying the charts — the mere act of being exposed to difference — can reshape society in some essential, if unquantifiable, way.
Since the Staggers Act of 1980 deregulated the sector (see chart below), rail companies have invested about 17% of their revenues in their networks.
Thus, we did not have access to all previous medical records and, due to regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, could not request the charts retrospectively.
