====== graphviz, omnigraffle and the dot-language ======

[[http://www.graphviz.org|Graphviz is open source]] graph visualization software. Graph visualization is a way of representing structural information as diagrams of abstract graphs and networks. 

==== Documentation ====
  * [[http://www.graphviz.org/Documentation.php|Official documenation]]
  * [[http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/lpt/a/4823|O'Reilly article]]
  * [[http://www.graphviz.org/Documentation/dotguide.pdf|Paper about the dot language]]
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory|Graph theory]]
  * [[http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/attrs.html|Node, Edge and Graph Attributes]]

==== OmniGraffle ====

It is a less known feature of OmniGraffle that it can process dot-files. It uses the graphviz-engine and combines it with a excellent user interface.
  * http://paco.to/2004/omnigraffle-and-graphviz

==== Some tricks ====
  * howto render [[sysadmin:largedotfiles|LargeDotFiles]]