Goal: dependencies and relations
Reader: Engineers tracing dependencies, impact and causality. Meta cluster: B — process & systems Scenarios: 7 · Examples: 11
Scenarios
| Scenario | Tier | Engines | Example files |
|---|---|---|---|
| service dependencies | T0 | echarts, infographic, vega | platform-dependency-graph.md<br>service-dependency-network.md<br>service-call-force-map.md<br>graph-platform-dependencies.md |
| dependency graph | T1 | plantuml | dependency-graph.md<br>clustered-architecture.md |
| import coupling | T1 | vega | module-import-arcs.md |
| ownership graph | T1 | echarts | service-ownership-circle-graph.md |
| causal tree | T1 | plantuml | fishbone-causal-tree.md |
| relationship network | T1 | plantuml | relationship-network-neato.md |
| tabular nodes | T1 | plantuml | table-node-structures.md |
Reading order
Rectangle graphs for computed layouts and rank control, force/arc layouts for topology shape, matrices when the graph is dense.
Engines in this goal
echarts— report-grade charts and dashboardsinfographic— template-driven boards, sequences and comparisonsplantuml— diagrams with icon families and UML/ArchiMate/BPMN semanticsvega/vega-lite— statistical views where the data needs transforms
Details, limits and anti-patterns: ../engines/echarts.md · ../engines/infographic.md · ../engines/plantuml.md · ../engines/vega.md.
Palette
Every figure takes its colours from a theme. Pick one in
../styles/palette.md — the token contract, the theme index and the
per-engine blocks all start there.
Most figures in this set want Default. Depart from it for the medium, not the topic: Print when it may be photocopied, Contrast for low vision or large-print handouts, Vivid when it will be projected, Accessible when colour must not be the only cue, Editorial for long-form reading, Slate for technical reference, Pastel when the figure sits inside gentle prose, Nord for a cool Nordic register. Every theme is designed for a light ground — the set has no dark page.
Don't
- A 40-node hairball → aggregate or filter first
- Reading link length in a force layout as a measurement