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STYLE EXTENSIBILITY APPLIED TO A GROUP OF SHAPES BY EDITING TEXT FILES

  • US 20160041968A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2015
  • Published: 02/11/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing style extensibility in a diagram, the system comprising:

  • a semantic model in the form of a text-based tree diagram of lines of text entered by a user that create and define elements in the diagram and hierarchical relationships between each of the elements of the diagram, wherein a hierarchical level for each of the elements within the diagram is based on a position of each line of text entered by the user within the semantic model, and wherein each element that is located on a different line in the semantic model is displayed as a different element within the diagram determined from the semantic model;

    a style label assigned to each of the elements of the diagram based on the hierarchical level of each of the elements within the semantic model of the defined hierarchical relationships such that each element at a same hierarchical level is assigned a same style label, wherein the style label associates the elements of the diagram with style definitions independent of a layout definition, and wherein the elements of the diagram comprise;

    objects, connectors and content; and

    a style definition for each object of the diagram generated from the semantic model determined by locating a matching style label within a file that comprises style definitions, wherein the diagram is rendered based on the layout definition and the determined style definitions.

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