VSM (Visual Syntax Method)is a new semantic model, combined with a supporting user-interface. VSM enables one to manually reformulate any unit of information, into a clear, precise semantic form, whereby any inherent complexity is kept manageable. VSM is composed of a small set of elements that can be used to construct information as VSM-sentences. These are flexible, semi-linear statements. Similar to how any language consist of words and a grammar, VSM consists of VSM-terms and VSM-connectors with rules to combine these meaningfully.
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