Languages / DL-07
DL-07 . Nordic . candidate

SAGA

Every report becomes history.

History and continuity. Related traditions: Chronicle, Annals, Tarikh.

Actual progress reached 62% in June, 9 points behind plan Every report becomes history . SAGA on weekly digests 0 20 40 60 80% Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Plan Actual gap widens from April The gap opened in April and held. Week 28 continues the account started in week 1. Source: sample dataset v1, 2026-07-12 . Open Visualization Protocol, DL-07 SAGA

Design laws

  • Narrative hierarchy
  • Time is explicit
  • Trends over snapshots
  • Headlines tell the story
  • Archive-friendly formatting

Constitution

The deterministic communication contract: these values are schema-enforced and validator-checked, not styling suggestions.

narrative stylestory-first
densityoperational
annotation policyguided
legend policydirect-labels-only
highlight policysingle
decision styleevidence-only
reading timeminute
charts per page2

Occasions

weekly digestsbulletinsnewslettersreading pages

Chrome

no kicker, no eyebrow; the title stands alone.

Palette

RoleHex
background#FFFFFF
ink#111111
body#2E2E2E
hairline#111111
gridline#E4E4E4
primary#C0182B
muted#B0B0B0
positive#2E2E2E
negative#C0182B

Fonts

Display: Georgia,serif, weight 700.
Body: 'Segoe UI',Arial,sans-serif, weight 400.

The language in use

Six chart objects rendered from the same golden data as every other language. Only the token file differs.

CH-RNK-01 BAR-H
Electrical holds 34 of 109 open items, the largest single backlog Electrical 34 items Mechanical 28 Piping 21 Instrumentation 17 Civil 9 Source: sample dataset v1, 2026-07-12
CH-TIM-01 LINE
Actual progress reached 62% in June, 9 points behind plan 0 20 40 60 80% Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Plan Actual gap widens from April Source: sample dataset v1, 2026-07-12
CH-PTW-01 STACKED BAR
Delivered goods reached 1,284 in week 28, 90% of all items 1036 items W25 1127 W26 1257 W27 1421 W28 Delivered In transit Pending Source: sample dataset v1, 2026-07-12
CH-DEV-04 SURPLUS/DEFICIT AREA
Output ran 8% under plan at the June trough -15 -10 -5 +5 +10 +15% Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: production ledger, Dec
CH-DST-07 BEESWARM
One lot sits at 62 days, twice the next slowest Lot 88 62 days 0 20 40 60 80days Source: customs log, wk 28
CH-TAB-01 STATUS MATRIX
Two of five systems are handover-ready; System D is critical in test INSTALL TEST PUNCH HANDOVER System A COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE System B COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE System C COMPLETE ON TRACK WATCH - System D COMPLETE CRITICAL - - System E ON TRACK WATCH - - Source: sample dataset v1, 2026-07-12