paths, curves, and geometric meaning as particle. the native format for diagrams, structures, maps, and visual knowledge that must scale without degradation
source format: SVG — any content defined by geometric paths, Bezier curves, and coordinate transformations
rendering
svg source → parse → path decomposition → Vello tiling → GPU compute fill → fragment composite
Vello rasterizes SVG paths via a GPU compute pipeline: paths decompose into tiles, each tile fills independently in parallel. the result is sub-pixel precision at any zoom level — a molecular structure diagram renders crisply at 1px or at 10,000px. no pixelation. no blur. infinite resolution
in the cybergraph
vector is how spatial and structural knowledge lives in the graph. diagrams carry meaning that prose cannot — and the cybergraph makes every diagram a first-class linked object
types of vector particles: molecular structure diagrams, phylogenetic trees, circuit schematics, geographic boundaries, architectural floor plans, network topologies, mathematical graphs, organism anatomy, astronomical charts, chemical reaction diagrams, protein domain maps, flow charts, transport networks
a single vector particle can carry the complete structural knowledge of a domain: the 3D protein fold rendered in 2D, the ecosystem food web, the supply chain graph, the clade tree of an evolutionary lineage
properties
- resolution-independent — vector particles look identical at any display size or print resolution
- semantically linked — nodes and paths in SVG can carry
idattributes that datalog queries can resolve to other particle CIDs. a molecular diagram where each atom links to its particle in the graph - composable — vector particles nest inside component particles. a dashboard may contain a live-updating vector chart that pulls from a table particle
- annotation-ready — the cybergraph allows meta-linking: a cyberlink can point to a specific region of a vector particle, making diagram annotation a first-class operation
relation to other languages
vector is the visual language of structure. pixels captures reality as it is; vector describes it as it must be understood. formula states a physical law; vector shows the geometry it describes. together they are the diagram and the equation
see svg for the source format. see pixels for raster content. see formula for mathematical notation that vector paths can render
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