What is the name of such diagrams?

Question

I would like to generate diagrams similar to this, but I don't have a clue what to look for.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/796824/tool-for-generating-railroad-diagram-used-on-json-org — Ali786, Apr 26 '17 at 11:13

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '17 at 11:07

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Syntax diagrams (or railroad diagrams) are a way to represent a context-free grammar.

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answered Apr 26 '17 at 11:07

Alicia

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '17 at 11:05

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These are called syntax diagrams or railroad diagrams for showing context free grammar

There is a tool which can convert BNF notation to railroad diagrams

answered Apr 26 '17 at 11:05

Ken

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