SysDown

Inspiration (necessity is the mother of invention)

• SysML tools too complicated (especially for n00bs, or people who don't intend to major in the topic)
• Data representation is not "free" and not easily editable/usable without heavyweight tools

• SysML data, as it stands, cannot be hand-edited on a far-away island with nothing more than vim

• todo.txt amazing example of how you can build useful tools around very simple data representation and simple set of rules

Goals

• SysML concepts represented in a text-based format (Markdown)
• Inspired by todo.txt concept
• Ubiquitous access to creation, editing, visualizing, and otherwise working with SysmL diagrams and concepts

• Access from mobile devices (javascript/html only required)
  • one possible form similar to tiddlywiki, with a single file
    • sysml editor (text and graphics)
      • codemirror and epicdeditor
      • asciiflow, something like ditaa
    • presentation editor a la rvl.io
    • instance editor a la handsontable
• Access from any text editor (vim, nano, Emacs, Notepad++, ...)
• Should be able to work from anywhere...
• expose the "good parts" of downstream sysml
  • par, stm and act execution

References

• http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
• http://www.omgsysml.org/
• http://github.github.com/github-flavored-markdown/
• http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set - Important guiding principles

• Open Source
• Low-Cost
• Modular
• User-Serviceable
• DIY
• Closed Loop Manufacturing
• High Performance
• Flexible Fabrication
• Distributive Economics
• Industrial Efficiency

• http://todotxt.com/
• https://github.com/chjj/marked
• http://nodejs.org/
• https://github.com/antoniogarrote/rdfstore-js