Linked.Archi

Linked.Archi Basic Visual Notation Set (rectangle)

Visual Notation

https://meta.linked.archi/basic/notation#

v0.1.0 draft basicnot: Kalin Maldzhanski Linked.Archi Modified: 2026-10-06 License

Default visual notation set of the Linked.Archi Basic asset set, named by the manifest https://meta.linked.archi/basic/metamodel#Basic with arch:notationSet. It has generic descriptors for the two core palette classes, arch:Element and arch:QualifiedRelationship, so a renderer has something to draw for any element or relationship class without a language-specific notation, and descriptors for Basic's own relationship classes, basic:Association and basic:Aggregation. Elements are very light grey-green rectangles with a centred label and no icon. Relationships carry no colour: renderers draw them black, and they differ by line style and end decorations only. The circle-based alternative, https://meta.linked.archi/basic/notation-bubble#, is selected by the Workshop participant context in https://meta.linked.archi/basic/presentation-contexts# and differs only in element geometry.

Basic Rectangle Notation

Default notation set of the Basic language, and a generic fallback for any subclass of arch:Element or arch:QualifiedRelationship that lacks a language-specific notation. Elements are drawn as very light grey-green rectangles with a centred label and no icon. Relationships are drawn black: basic:Association as a plain solid line, basic:Aggregation as a solid line with a hollow diamond at the source end, and any other relationship that falls back to this set as a solid line with an open arrowhead at the target end.

https://meta.linked.archi/basic/notation#BasicRectangleNotation

📖 See the Visual Notation Guide for rendering rules and usage.

Element Notations 1

Visual appearance definitions for model elements — shape, fill color, icon, and default dimensions.

ModelConcept 1
ElementNotation
Target: Element
Preferred Icon: preferred notation icon https://meta.linked.archi/basic/icons/element.svg
Alternative Icon: alternative notation icon https://meta.linked.archi/basic/icons/glyphs/element.svg
Shape: Rectangle
Fill: #E8F0EA
Line: #424242
Rendering: ShapeOnly
Size: 120.0 × 60.0

Relationship Notations 3

Line style and endpoint decorations for relationships.

Notation Relationship Line Style Source Target
AggregationNotation Aggregation SolidLine HollowDiamond NoDecoration
AssociationNotation Association SolidLine NoDecoration NoDecoration
QualifiedRelationshipNotation QualifiedRelationship SolidLine NoDecoration OpenArrowhead
Source: linked-archi-meta • Linked.Archi