http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Help-needed-to-update-an-OFBiz-Wiki-Graffle-Diagram-tp4659615p4659661.html
> The graphs at
>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Data+Model+Diagrams were
> done using OmniGraffle, that's all what I know. Are you referring to
> other places (IIRW other places are older...)
>
> Jacques
>
> Le 15/12/2014 20:37, Ron Wheeler a écrit :
>> Others may have more definite information about what has been used in
>> the past.
>>
>> I have seen UML(use case) drawings in the wiki that use the same (or
>> very similar) graphics that ArgoUML uses.
>> ArgoUML is open source
>> We are only scratching the surface in our internal use of it so I am
>> not an expert modeller but it looks like something that an
>> experienced UML modeler should be able to use to get most of the
>> diagrams required to support development.
>>
>> It would be nice to have a product that deals with the issue of
>> version control and SCM for models in a way that allowed many people
>> to update the models.
>> It is probably possible to partition the model into enough chunks
>> that people can keep the models up to date without tripping over each
>> other.
>>
>> There are a lot of database models already part of the documentation
>> but I am not sure if they are up to date.
>> I also do not know what tool was used to make them
>> We use MySQL Workbench which is free and produces diagrams that are
>> pretty aesthetically pleasing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15/12/2014 1:56 PM, Todd Thorner wrote:
>>> I'm sold ... for what that's worth. Is there any UML-type facility for
>>> the project's future of design & spec-chasing?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14-12-15 10:41 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote:
>>>> On 15/12/2014 1:30 PM, Todd Thorner wrote:
>>>>> Yeah, graphs & charts represent special cases.
>>>> For the first applications of our ETVL, org charts were a very useful
>>>> output since we were dealing with people in organizations where a
>>>> clean
>>>> hierarchy is the common way that companies are organized. It was
>>>> useful
>>>> to have the organizational structure (departments, divisions, etc) as
>>>> well as reporting relationships between people.
>>>>
>>>> Graphviz is capable of producing very complex charts and has a fair
>>>> amount of language features to support customizing the appearance.
>>>>
>>>> Ron
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 14-12-15 09:49 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote:
>>>>>> If people don't like the idea of using the Graphviz version that
>>>>>> I made,
>>>>>> there is a viewer for graffle that runs on the PC. Not sure if
>>>>>> any of
>>>>>> their other free utilities will output an SVG.
>>>>>> Graphviz can outout SVG.
>>>>>> I am not sure if it would be easy to use svg as a source.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Graphviz offers high level control over placement that usually
>>>>>> gives a
>>>>>> clean graph without having to manually place nodes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have just started to use the dynamic javascript version of
>>>>>> graphviz in
>>>>>> my ETVL tool to output org charts embedded into HTML pages from
>>>>>> hierarchical data.
>>>>>> Works fine but the org charts are not as nice looking as
>>>>>> GetOrgChart's
>>>>>> charts and GetOrgChart produces a chart that can be interrogated
>>>>>> in the
>>>>>> browser to view the detail information stored at each node so I
>>>>>> support
>>>>>> both ways of generating charts in HTML format.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ron
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15/12/2014 12:04 PM, Todd Thorner wrote:
>>>>>>> What happens if you change a .graffle file's extension to something
>>>>>>> else
>>>>>>> like SVG or XML? Any luck? I know very little about Mac
>>>>>>> lock-ins, but
>>>>>>> if you can get a text-based file to display (e.g. if .graffle is
>>>>>>> .xml
>>>>>>> underneath) you might be able to edit the text.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You could also try taking a screenshot and then editing that by
>>>>>>> overlaying the newer links on top of the old image. Quality might
>>>>>>> suffer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps committers could consider SVG as a forward-thinking
>>>>>>> standard
>>>>>>> format for the project's graphical source files
>>>>>>> (production-ready files
>>>>>>> can be exported as whatever). My preferred tool is Inkscape
>>>>>>> (Windows/Mac/Linux).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 14-12-15 06:33 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote:
>>>>>>>> Can we move them to open source products such as Open Office or
>>>>>>>> ArgoUML
>>>>>>>> or Freeplane?
>>>>>>>> These run on all platforms and are all free.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ron
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 15/12/2014 7:30 AM, Sharan-F wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone in the community have access to Graffle on a Mac
>>>>>>>>> who is
>>>>>>>>> willing
>>>>>>>>> to help us update one of our wiki diagrams?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The diagram that needs to be updated is called
>>>>>>>>> OFBizComponentDependencies.graffle (see link below)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=7766065&metadataLink=true
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=7766065&metadataLink=true>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It forms part of the page around Component Set and Component Set
>>>>>>>>> Dependencies page that we want keep up to date.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Component+and+Component+Set+Dependencies
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We need to update some links so please respond if you can help.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>> Sharan
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
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