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Tree Language

An embedded language to represent and draw multiway trees; you can use it to represent any tree in code and get either a "Tree" object or a depiction thereof in the form of a Control, Canvas or Xaml (or all of them). For instance, an organization chart for a fictitious company with a specific hierarchy like the following: "ceo (cfo (accounting hr planning) cio (operations it))" can be used as is as a Tree or rendered to Xaml or Canvas.

Here are some examples:
"ceo (cfo (accounting hr planning) cio (operations it))".ToInteractiveTree() → Control
"ceo (cfo (accounting hr planning) cio (operations it))".ToCanvas() → Canvas
"ceo (cfo (accounting hr planning) cio (operations it))".ToXaml() → Xaml
"ceo (cfo (accounting hr planning) cio (operations it))".ToTree() → Tree

To get the "Tree Language", send an e-mail to Ceyhun Ciper.

"ceo (cfo (accounting hr planning) cio (operations it))".ToCanvas() and .ToInteractiveTree() produce:

Organization Chart

So, one can simply printf to a string and immediately obtain a tree along with its drawing.

Documentation

Here is the "Tree Language Developer's Guide".

Use Cases

Organization Charts
File System Drawings
Site Maps
Family Trees
...
Any kind of hierarchy

Notes:
For more information and examples on tree drawings and representations, c.f. Wolfram Research's Mathematica and TreePlot site. You can use it as alternative to tree drawing and representation in Visio.