ref.ibm.carbon-data-visualization · official-system
Carbon Data Visualization
IBM Carbon's data visualization guidelines covering chart selection, visual encodings, legends, color, interaction, and accessibility as part of a maintained design system. carbon-design-system/carbon repository active as of 2026-07-15.
https://carbondesignsystem.com/data-visualization/getting-started/
What this source teaches
- Use question-to-chart decision guidance for selecting appropriate visualization types.
- Require semantic series tokens, non-color encodings, and table fallbacks for chart accessibility.
- Define empty, loading, error, and annotation states as first-class data visualization concerns.
Where AwesomeDS applied it
rule.a11y.data-visualization-contract— Make every data visualization an accessible decision contractrule.a11y.wcag-aa— Meet WCAG 2.2 AA by defaultrule.components.state-matrix— Ship full component state matrices
Implementations and artifacts
No directly linked artifacts.
Caveats & anti-imitation
Transfer chart selection logic, encoding rules, and accessibility contracts; do not adopt IBM's chart component API as the AwesomeDS implementation.