(Architecture) Diagrams as Data - Avi Flax

Automation

Discover how diagrams as data transform learning, collaboration, and documentation.

Key takeaways

Diagrams as data can be used to facilitate learning, collaboration, and documentation.
Traditional diagramming tools often require manual layout and styling, which can be time-consuming and error-prone.
Diagrams can be used to visually represent complex systems and relationships.
Data-driven diagramming tools can automate layout and styling, freeing up time for focus on content and relationships.
The author’s personal experience with diagramming highlights the importance of collaboration and version control.
The author’s vision for a future tool combines data-driven diagramming with a file-based workflow and version control.
A conceptual model for data-driven diagramming is proposed, allowing for a single source of truth for all elements and their relationships.
The author emphasizes the importance of open and interoperable file formats for diagram data.
A tool called Structurizer is mentioned as a lightweight web-based modeling tool that can be used to create diagrams as data.
The author’s presentation concludes with a discussion of the importance of a single source of truth for diagram data, and the potential for a new tool to facilitate collaboration and version control.

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