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i.e.

xwork.xml

XLST>

SVG

• here is the XSLT stylesheet - xwork2svg.xslt
• to use with Xalan: java org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -in xwork.xml -xsl xwork2svg.xslt -out xwork.svg

• example SVG, built using xwork.xml in webwork-example.war
• SVG viewers are available from Adobe SVG Zone, and Apache batik-squiggle

I think lots of things could be improved with the stylesheet, such as:

• arrows to indicate chained actions
• standard order for success/error/input etc...
• other transformations such as HTML

I think it is quite useful, as it allows the flow of control to be quickly groked, and can be generated as part of the build, for documentation purposes.
Let me know what you think...