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Several other projects out there are similar to Linguine Maps. In every case a tool will draw a diagram of sorts.

But Linguine Maps has a key advantage. Many other tools are focused on visualization of one kind of schema. Linguine Maps was designed to be reusable for visualization of graphs in general – any graphs that come to mind.

Linguine Maps allows any developer to visualize his own metadata. Many development teams have variety of in-house metadata files or many instances of custom XML documents that might need visualization. These teams can use Linguine Maps to visualize these documents. Linguine Maps fully hides complexity of Graphviz. It is so simple to create a diagram – anyone can do it! Here is simple Java example.

Many other tools are useful and have helped to create a vision for Linguine Maps. These tools are (I am sure there is more that I do not know about):

Name	Description	Notes
IsaViz	IsaViz is a visual environment for browsing and authoring Resource Description Framework (RDF) models represented as graphs.	endorsed by W3C, IsaViz is a mature visual environment for graph exploration; it is fully interactive and support visual editing of underplaying RDF; uses Graphviz
Vizant	Vizant is an Apache Ant task to create Graphviz DOT source code from an Ant buildfile.	uses Graphviz; has simple DOT file generator
SpringViz	SpringViz a tool for configuration visualization for Spring framework.	uses Graphviz; SpringViz uses XSLT to generate a "dot" notation file displayable by Graphviz
Spring BeanDoc	BeanDoc is the tool that facilitates documentation and graphing of Spring bean factories and application context files.	uses Graphviz; the simple DOT file generator based on XSLT transform of XML trees
OntoViz	The OntoViz Tab allows you to visualize Protégé ontologies.	uses Graphviz; OntoViz is a mature visual environment for graph exploration; it is fully interactive and supports visual editing