DOT language

File format for Graphviz graphs

Entityfile format data description languageQ900927

Also known as dot · Graphviz DOT language · .gv · .dot

Instance of: file format
, data description language

Overview

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DOT is a graph description language, developed as a part of the Graphviz project. DOT graphs are typically stored as files with the .gv or .dot filename extension — .gv is preferred, to avoid confusion with the .dot extension used by versions of Microsoft Word before 2007. dot is also the name of the main program to process DOT files in the Graphviz package.

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File extension: gv
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1.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/vnd.graphviz
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dot
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1.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/vnd.graphviz
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Media type: text/vnd.graphviz
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1.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/vnd.graphviz
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Has use: science
graph
Developer: Bell Labs
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1.reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/format/DOT.html
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Used by: Graphviz
Different from: Microsoft Word document template applies to name of object: .dot · applies to name of subject: .dot

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4 identifiers linking DOT language across the web's reference databases

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AIDB. (2026). DOT language (Q900927). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/dot-language-Q900927