<s>
yEd	B-Language
is	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
diagramming	O
program	O
with	O
a	O
multi-document	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
application	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
that	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
that	O
support	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
license	I-Application
,	O
that	O
allows	O
using	O
a	O
single	O
copy	O
gratis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
online	O
version	O
of	O
yEd	B-Language
,	O
,	O
also	O
exists	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
Confluence	O
version	O
of	O
yEd	B-Language
,	O
</s>
<s>
yEd	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
draw	O
many	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
diagrams	O
,	O
including	O
flowcharts	B-Language
,	O
network	O
diagrams	O
,	O
UMLs	B-Language
,	O
BPMN	B-Architecture
,	O
mind	O
maps	O
,	O
organization	B-Application
charts	I-Application
,	O
and	O
entity-relationship	B-Architecture
diagrams	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
yEd	B-Language
also	O
allows	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
custom	O
vector	O
and	O
raster	O
graphics	O
as	O
diagram	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
yEd	B-Language
loads	O
and	O
saves	O
diagrams	O
from/to	O
GraphML	B-Language
,	O
an	O
XML-based	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
yEd	B-Language
can	O
automatically	O
arrange	O
diagram	O
elements	O
using	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
graph	O
layout	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
,	O
including	O
force-based	B-Algorithm
layout	I-Algorithm
,	O
</s>
<s>
hierarchical	O
layout	O
(	O
for	O
flowcharts	B-Language
)	O
,	O
orthogonal	O
layout	O
(	O
for	O
UML	B-Language
class	O
diagrams	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
tree	O
layout	O
(	O
for	O
organization	B-Application
charts	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
yEd	B-Language
can	O
import	O
data	O
in	O
various	O
formats	O
to	O
generate	O
diagrams	O
out	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Import	O
formats	O
include	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
.xls	O
format	O
for	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
data	O
,	O
the	O
Gedcom	O
format	O
for	O
genealogical	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
arbitrary	O
XML-based	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
transformed	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
XSLT	O
stylesheets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Predefined	O
XSLT	O
stylesheets	O
provided	O
by	O
yEd	B-Language
can	O
process	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Ant	I-Application
build	I-Application
script	I-Application
format	O
used	O
to	O
define	O
dependency	O
information	O
in	O
software	O
build	O
processes	O
and	O
the	O
OWL	B-Language
file	O
format	O
for	O
the	O
description	O
of	O
ontologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
yEd	B-Language
can	O
export	O
diagrams	O
to	O
various	O
raster	O
and	O
vector	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
GIF	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
EMF	O
,	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
EPS	B-Language
,	O
and	O
SVG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
export	O
to	O
SWF	O
(	O
Shockwave	O
Flash	O
)	O
file	O
format	O
and	O
HTML	O
image	B-General_Concept
maps	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
structural	O
information	O
of	O
a	O
diagram	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
as	O
GML	B-Language
(	O
Graph	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
)	O
and	O
TGF	B-Language
(	O
Trivial	B-Language
Graph	I-Language
Format	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
yEd	B-Language
is	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
yWorks	O
GmbH	O
,	O
a	O
German	O
software	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
