Graph Drawing
Drawing (visualizing) a graph (or maybe Network) dataset. See Graph Theory, Everything Is A Graph.
http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/alttools/modeltools.htm
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/09/list-of-nifty-tools-diagrams-charts/
Many (but not all) use GML as a data format.
- good to have SVG view?
Mind Mapping is a subset.
Piddle is is a Python module for creating two-dimensional graphics in a manner that is both cross-platform and cross-media; that is, it can support screen graphics (e.g. Quick Draw, Windows, Tk) as well as file output (PostScript, PDF, GIF, etc.).
Mathematica and its clones
Network X Python library https://networkx.lanl.gov/wiki
Corda free version http://www.corda.com/products/freeware/
Prefuse Java - http://prefuse.sourceforge.net/
- example of force-directed graph of pages on a WikiSpace.
Gliffy WebApp (!?) http://www.gliffy.com
- looks like a Flash app, but does have export of JPEG/PNG/SVG
- hey, it actually does connecting vectors that move with either end! (Unfortunately they're right-angled, not pretty curves.)
TouchGraph: for rendering, not editing
LGL/Large Graph Layout http://lgl.sourceforge.net/
Ubi Graph http://www.ubietylab.net/ubigraph/index.html
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/18/charts-and-graphs-modern-solutions/
EverNote has MohioMap https://www.moh.io/
AJAX/JavaScript/HTML5 libraries? - Really want something for WikiGraph Browser.
- what does The Brain use for WebApp? It's not Flash (in Feb'2013)
- http://thejit.org/demos/
- https://gojs.net/
- http://js-graph-it.sourceforge.net/
- http://anorwell.com/index.php?id=32
- http://arborjs.org/
- https://github.com/anvaka/VivaGraphJS
- https://github.com/strathausen/dracula
- http://wiki.gephi.org/index.php/Specification_-_Network_visualization_with_WebGL
- hmm Processing? 2008-05-09-ProcessingInJavascript
- http://raphaeljs.com/ SVG
- ProtoVis http://mbostock.github.com/protovis/
- CoffeePhysics http://badassjs.com/post/18503583619/coffeephysics-a-fast-new-physics-engine-written-in
- http://bl.ocks.org/rkirsling/5001347 editor
- Software Galaxies code-dependencies viewer https://github.com/anvaka/pm/tree/master/about#software-galaxies-documentation
See also manual diagram tools.
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