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XML-based Exchange Formats
for Graphs and Graph Transformation Systems
On one of the last workshops on graph
transformation (GRATRA2000) held as a satellite event of ETAPS2000 in March
in Berlin, we had a discussion on the perspectives of graph transformation.
One topic of this discussion were common exchange formats for graphs and
graph transformation based on XML.
Having such common formats the exchange of graphs, rules and/or whole graph
transformation systems between different graph transformation-based tools
on one hand, and further graph-based tools, e.g. graph drawing tools and
graph databases, on the other hand, would become easier.
This initiative is settled in APPLIGRAPH
, an EU Working Group on "Application of Graph Transformation". Although
being started within the graph transformation and reengineering communities,
this initiative is open for everybody interested in this subject.
Meetings:
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Paderborn: September 5 - 6, 2000
5 proposals and a first common model for graphs and graph transformation
systems
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Bremen: March 1 - 2, 2001
Consolidation of core formats for graphs and graph transformation systems
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Erlangen:
March 7 - 8, 2002 Discussion of storing hierarchical
graphs in GXL and collection of open problems of GTXL
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Barcelona: October 8, 2002
Discussion of experiences and open problems of GXL and GTXL
A summary
of this format discussion has been presented at UNIGRA, a satellite
workshop of ETAPS'01 in Genova at the end of March, 2001.
The current state:
Related XML-Formats:
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