This is part 5 of a series of posts on the Ilograph diagramming language (IDL). In part 3, we looked at the Ilograph resource tree. The resource tree defines your organization’s resources, and these resources are then used in perspectives. In this post, we’ll explore the intermediate topic of resource …

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Big news: the Ilograph private beta begins soon! Sign up at the bottom the homepage if you haven’t already. It’s been a lot of work to get here, but I’m excited to get Ilograph into your hands. Ilograph gives you the power to create diagrams unlike any before, and I eagerly look forward to seeing what everyone …

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This is part 4 of a series of posts on the Ilograph diagramming language (IDL). In part 3, we looked at the Ilograph resource tree. As discussed there, the resource tree not only helps organize resources, but it enables context nodes in perspectives.

There are multiple perspectives in an Ilograph, but only one …

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This is part 3 of a series of posts on the Ilograph diagramming language (IDL). If you haven’t already, please see the introduction to the IDL in part 1 and the IDL spec in part 2. This post covers Ilograph resources in more depth. Resources are the building blocks of an Ilograph; they define the …

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This is part 2 of a series of posts on the Ilograph diagramming language (IDL). If you haven’t already, please see the introduction to the IDL in part 1. This post contains the current specification for the IDL; in part 3, we’ll look at some more advanced features. Note: this spec was last updated on …

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Ilograph diagrams look like this: Unlike traditional diagrams, Ilograph diagrams are interactive. Users can click on resources to “focus” them, for instance. Doing this shows more details about that resource and hides resources that are not related to it:

Resources can also appear in multiple perspectives which the …

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Ilograph is marching steadily towards closed beta (sign up at the bottom the homepage to get early access). Major rendering features are complete and I’ve turned my attention to the online editing experience. I’m excited to get Ilograph into your hands! Here are more details on what’s done and what’s next: What’s …

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In my first post, I staked Ilograph’s claim in the diagramming tool landscape, saying Ilograph diagrams treat perspectives as first-class citizens. With Ilograph, viewing a system from multiple perspectives is a built-in concept. The same resource can appear in two different perspectives, and those perspectives …

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The first interactive Ilograph demo is now live! Check it out here. This Ilograph shows a Drupal deployment on AWS from five perspectives (Data Request, Internet Access, SSH, Security Groups and Templates). While there is much to improve on, I’m hoping to get quality feedback from twitter, reddit and hacker news …

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Ilograph diagrams are interactive, multi-perspective diagrams. From one Ilograph, users can view a system from multiple points of view and multiple levels of detail. Whereas existing solutions would require separate, unconnected diagrams to describe a system from different perspectives, Ilograph diagrams treat …

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