DGML explained

DGML
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Developer:	Microsoft
Genre:	Directed graph
Extended From:	XML
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Directed Graph Markup Language (DGML) is an XML-based file format for directed graphs.^[1]

Introduction to DGML

Here is what a simple directed graph with three nodes and two links between them looks like

which looks like this:

The complete XSD schema for DGML is available at http://schemas.microsoft.com/vs/2009/dgml. DGML not only allows describing nodes and links in a graph, but also annotating those nodes and links with any user defined property and/or category.

See also

• DOT (graph description language)
• Graphviz
• Microsoft Visio
• Graph Modelling Language

External links

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio homepage of Visual Studio
• http://schemas.microsoft.com/vs/2009/dgml page describing the XSD schema for DGML
• http://www.lovettsoftware.com contains videos showing how to use DGML graphs in Visual Studio
• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd409365.aspx, documentation on how to use DGML

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jacobs . Mike . Hogenson . Gordon . v-alji . jesong . 15 November 2016 . Directed Graph Markup Language (DGML) reference - Visual Studio 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240422213526/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2015/modeling/directed-graph-markup-language-dgml-reference?view=vs-2015 . 22 April 2024 . 22 November 2024 . learn.microsoft.com . en-us.