AlgebraicJulia/Catlab.jl

Integrate with Julia graph drawing packages

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#213 opened on Jul 23, 2020

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Description

Building on #208, now that we have our own graph data structure, we should consider integrating it with existing Julia packages for drawing graphs. I am aware of GraphRecipes.jl and GraphPlot.jl. AFAIK, they are independent of each other.

If we integrate with one or both of these packages, they should be optional dependencies through Requires.jl.

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data
Issue type
feature
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3
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1-2 days
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clear
Prerequisites
JuliaCatlab.jl graph data structureRequires.jl
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Start by understanding the graph data structure implemented in PR #208. Review the documentation and code for GraphRecipes.jl and GraphPlot.jl to see how they expect graph representations. Then implement optional dependencies using Requires.jl as suggested, and create wrapper functions to convert Catlab graphs to the formats needed. Test the integration with simple examples.