Overview

Overview about escad

ESCAD means E xpandable s ymbolic c omputer a ided d descrition.

Escad is planed to...

• describe every domain in our world (processes, family-relations,...)
• let you concentrate on the semantic of a topic, not at the graphical representation as in some ordinary diagramm editors.
• generate different output (graphs, list's, graphical family-tree's, circuit-drawings...)
• be expandable to your domain through expansions.
• support you in editing and querying of description data.
• be usable/scriptable through Common-LISP (no additional libarys needed for basic use).
• be practical.
• be flexible.
• be a text-based user interface (however one could implement a graphical user interface as client whereby escad will be a server).
• provides a standard taxonomy-tree to make data interchange easy, but you also can use/mix your own taxonomy.

Escad has not the goal to

• be a drawing tool.
• be a pure academic tool.

See short video about basic idea: