2025/04/19 by Chapman, Jon
Computer Science · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques #Programming Languages (cs.PL)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2505.14690
openalex publication_date 2025/04/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/18 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper introduces SGL, a graphics language that is aesthetically similar to SQL. As a graphical counterpart to SQL, SGL enables specification of statistical graphics within SQL query interfaces. SGL is based on a grammar of graphics that has been customized to support a SQL aesthetic. This paper presents the fundamental components of the SGL language alongside examples, and describes SGL's underlying grammar of graphics via comparison to its closest predecessor, the layered grammar of graphics.