# vis.js
a visual interaction system

Vis.js is a dynamic, browser based visualization library. The library is designed to be easy to use, to handle large amounts of dynamic data, and to enable manipulation of and interaction with the data. The library consists of the components DataSet, Timeline, and Graph.

The vis.js library is developed by Almende B.V, as part of the CHAP.

## Install

### npm

    npm install vis

### bower

    bower install vis

### download

Click here to download vis.js (version 0.4.0)

## Example

A basic example demonstrating how to use the vis.js timeline is shown below. See the gallery below for more examples.

    <!doctype html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <title>Timeline | Basic demo</title>
      <script src="http://visjs.org/dist/vis.js"></script>
      <link href="http://visjs.org/dist/vis.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

      <style type="text/css">
        body, html {
          font-family: sans-serif;
        }
      </style>
    </head>
    <body>
    <div id="mytimeline"></div>

    <script type="text/javascript">
      var container = document.getElementById('mytimeline');
      var data = [
        {id: 1, content: 'item 1', start: '2013-04-20'},
        {id: 2, content: 'item 2', start: '2013-04-14'},
        {id: 3, content: 'item 3', start: '2013-04-18'},
        {id: 4, content: 'item 4', start: '2013-04-16', end: '2013-04-19'},
        {id: 5, content: 'item 5', start: '2013-04-25'},
        {id: 6, content: 'item 6', start: '2013-04-27'}
      ];
      var options = {};
      var timeline = new vis.Timeline(container, data, options);
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>

## Gallery

This gallery gives an idea of the features and possibilities of the library. The source code of the examples can be found in the examples directory.

### Timeline

The timeline from vis.js displays different types of data on a timeline.

basic usage
dataset
much data
html data
groups

### Graph

The graph from vis.js visualizes graphs and networks with customizable styles.

basic usage
random nodes
images
shapes
social network
groups
selections
mobile friendly
sizing
multiline text
custom style
scalable images
dashed lines
dot language
playground
dynamic data
network info
random clustering
scale-free clustering
navigation
data manipulation
les miserables
autmatic hierarchy
user-defined hierarchy
graphviz gallery

## Docs

Documentation is available here: Documentation

## License

Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Almende B.V.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.