Re: Dia and sybols for network items

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden schemamania org>]

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 23:04:50 +0000 (GMT), Alan Horkan <horkana tcd ie>
wrote:
> For example would it be nice to include a name
> > field in the router symbol. Can you point me in the right direction or
>
> Would it be nice? Personally, I dont think so.
>
> Why include it in the Shape? Why not just add text labels where needed
> rather than inflicting an unecessary text box on users who dont
> need it?

Shapes with properties create diagrams with structure.  Unless you can
associate the text label with the shape, nothing reading the diagram file
can discern the relationship.  

I think of Dia as a visual representation system for a tree of XML data. 
The fatter the nodes in that tree, the more information the diagram
represents.  

> (i reserve the right to completely change my opinion on this later)

When do you want to start?  ;)

N.B. SVG provides for some text information (one field IIRC).  

--jkl