Developed by | Graph Drawing |
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Type of format | Graph description language |
Website | graphml |
GraphML is an XML-based file format for graphs. The GraphML file format results from the joint effort of the graph drawing community to define a common format for exchanging graph structure data. It uses an XML-based syntax and supports the entire range of possible graph structure constellations including directed, undirected, mixed graphs, hypergraphs, and application-specific attributes.[1]
Overview
A GraphML file consists of an XML file containing a graph
element, within which is an unordered sequence of node
and edge
elements. Each node
element should have a distinct id
attribute, and each edge
element has source
and target
attributes that identify the endpoints of an edge by having the same value as the id
attributes of those endpoints.
Here is what a simple undirected graph with two nodes and one edge between them looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<graphml xmlns="http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns/1.0/graphml.xsd">
<graph id="G" edgedefault="undirected">
<node id="n0"/>
<node id="n1"/>
<edge id="e1" source="n0" target="n1"/>
</graph>
</graphml>
Additional features of the GraphML language allow its users to specify whether edges are directed or undirected, and to associate additional data with vertices or edges.
See also
- yEd, a widespread graph editor that uses GraphML as its native file format (but ports, hypergraphs not supported and limited nested graphs support).
- Gephi, a graph visualization software that supports a limited set of GraphML.
- DOT (graph description language)
- Boost libraries allow to read from and write to GraphML format.
References
- ^ Brandes, Ulrik; Eiglsperger, Markus; Lerner, Jürgen; Pich, Christian. "Graph Markup Language (GraphML)". In Tamassia, Roberto (ed.). Handbook of Graph Drawing and Visualization (PDF). CRC Press. pp. 517–541..
External links
- Official website
- GraphML Primer
- Comparison between XML to SVG Transformation Mechanisms, showing conversions between GraphML and SVG