Re: [xsl] xml to svg graphs

Subject: Re: [xsl] xml to svg graphs
From: "Dave Pawson dave.pawson@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:13:12 -0000
Sorry, my data is far from a directed graph.
  This is one I did get to work, a simple block graph.

regards

On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 at 14:09, Martynas JuseviD
ius martynas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, the advantage of RDF is that it's a standard :)
> https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-primer/
>
> The downside is that its XML-based format (RDF/XML) is rather convoluted.
>
> But you don't need to write RDF/XML by hand - you can use Jena's CLI to
> transform from a more human-readable Turtle format to RDF/XML.
>
> Or heck, I think you could give your names/values data to an LLM and ask
> it to produce an RDF equivalent :)
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 3:05b/PM Dave Pawson dave.pawson@xxxxxxxxx <
> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Martynas.
>>   The simplicity (and coverage) of Jakobs was ( for me) its advantage?
>>   Two simple lists
>> <names/>
>> <values/>
>>   with a whole host of variants.
>>   Not the same 'graphs' as RDF?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 at 13:56, Martynas JuseviD
ius martynas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Dave,
>>>
>>> Not a direct replacement, but FWIW I have a stylesheet that transforms
>>> RDF graphs (via the RDF/XML format) to force-directed SVG layouts:
>>>
>>>
https://github.com/AtomGraph/Web-Client/blob/master/src/main/webapp/static/co
m/atomgraph/client/xsl/converters/RDFXML2SVG.xsl
>>>
>>> The RDF/XML structure might be specific to "normalised" Jena's RDF/XML
>>> output (can't exactly recall now).
>>> https://jena.apache.org/documentation/tools/#riot-and-related
>>>
>>> Martynas
>>> atomgraph.com
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 2:48b/PM Dave Pawson dave.pawson@xxxxxxxxx <
>>> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A long time ago...
>>>>   Jakob wrote some code, now resident (rotting?)
>>>> on Google code.
>>>> https://code.google.com/archive/p/graph2svg/downloads
>>>>
>>>> At the time he use fxsl and exsl for the math(s).
>>>>
>>>> IMHO this is well worth bringing up to date.
>>>> I asked Jakob and received no reply.
>>>>
>>>> Saxon math 'extension' only lacks abs,  from
>>>> my early trials?
>>>>
>>>> If anyone with a mathematical bent has time
>>>> to do the xslt world a favour, I would certainly
>>>> appreciate it.
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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