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Flexible Graph Layout for the Web

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Flexible Graph Layout for the Web
More powerful personal computers and higher network bandwidth has meant that graphics has become increasingly important on the web. Graph-based diagrams are one of the most important types of structured graphical information. Here we demonstrate how XML can be used as basis for contents-based delivery of graph-based diagrams. The main distinguishing feature of our approach is that it separates style and content of diagrams in the same way as (XML-based) markup languages for textual information do: The diagram itself is marked-up according to its logical structure and its visual appearance is defined via attached style-sheets. Such an approach poses interesting challenges for the browser component, because it requires automatic layout of complex diagrammatic information that takes stylistic constraints into account. We present a prototype system for our approach comprised of three main components: A contents-based markup language, GXML, for specifying graph-based diagrams, a style shee...
Trevor Hansen, Kim Marriott, Bernd Meyer, Peter J.
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Type Journal
Year 2002
Where VLC
Authors Trevor Hansen, Kim Marriott, Bernd Meyer, Peter J. Stuckey
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