IMHO, standardizing on _validated_ SVG with a library of well understood
images that represented architectural components with attached semantics
could be used to even start validating diagrams the same way we validate
BNFs now. There are even UML to SVG tools for turning SVG drawings
directly into code. And there are lots of free SVG tools....
-MM
Steve Crocker wrote:
The issue of diagrams is entangled in the long-standing discussion of
proprietary formats. There is a huge benefit in having a format that
*everyone* can access without difficulty or cost. I can't begin to
tell you the impact I felt when I walked into a university half way
around the world in an underdeveloped country and had a graduate
student show me some pretty sophisticated stuff he had done based on
RFCs he had downloaded from the net. ASCII is an enormous advantage
from that respect.
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Michael Mealling Masten Space Systems, Inc.
VP Business Development 473 Sapena Ct.
Office: +1-678-581-9656 Suite 23
Cell: +1-678-640-6884 Santa Clara, CA 95054
http://masten-space.com/
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