On Thursday 06 March 2003 16:19, Tod Harter wrote: > Seems to me that the basic requirement is something like: > > "I have a database table/XML File/CSV/Whatever and I want to build a > graph" > > That certainly for me is the case. It seems to me what you want to do > in general is define some kind of intermediate "graph language".
Hm, yeah, I think you're right. >SVG > is certainly not it. I want something that I can generate easily > which is graph-specific, so I can do something like: > > <graph type="piechart"> > <legend>My Silly Graph</legend> > <graphdata>...</graphdata> > </graph> > > (you get the idea I hope). Yup. And you're right, SVG is too low-level for this. > From there serializers can be built that > rasterize, generate SVG, whatever. Yup. > Maybe ALL we do is build an SVG > generator and rely on existing or soon-to-be-existing SVG > rasterization technology to do the rest. > > This sort of architecture would be the simplest in my mind because > then I could just create providers or XSP pages or whatever which > generated 'eXtensible Graph Language' (tm). Maybe this already > exists, *googles for eXtensible Graph Language* Yes: http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~puninj/XGMML/ :-) But, it didn't seem to me what I wanted, it was more the graphviz type of graphs, than curves and pies and that kind of stuff I think. So, perhaps we need to design XGL ourselves... :-) Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski-orienteer/Orienteer/Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
