A Development Environment for Constructing Graph‐Based Editing Tools

Scientists and engineers use numerous kinds of graph notations to model various objects in the real world and their relationships in an abstract pictorial form. However, developing a specific graph editing tool for each of these notations is often very costly in terms of time and resources. This paper outlines a design of a suitable development environment for constructing graph‐based editing tools, based on the requirements analysis of such an environment derived from a survey of more than 60 different graph notations.