I'm [[Coining Terms]] here to refer holistically to how effective different [[Diagram Types (index)|diagram types]] are at expressing a **broad scope** of things and how **easy to interpret** what's being expressed is. I imagine this as a two-axis [[Scatter Chart]]: ![[Pasted image 20250409122006.png]] Where Communicative Value is associated with high placement along both axes: ![[Pasted image 20250409122110.png]] Taking a stab at plotting lots of different [[Diagram Types (index)|diagram types]], I came up with: ![[Pasted image 20250409122159.png]] I'd sure love to see a survey of 100 academics who were told to come up with a list of diagram types to be plotted, then 10,000 academics to plot those diagrams about these 2 axes. Which would place each type in these categories: ![[Pasted image 20250409122349.png]] **** # More ## Source - [[Myself]] - Help thinking through it with ChatGPT