Connectors for Dashboards and Portals
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/connectors-for

Lamantia, Joe
Boxes and Arrows
2007

Abstract:

The building block system includes several types of Connectors that make it possible for designers and architects to link the different areas of a Dashboard together via a consistent, easily understandable navigation model. The system also ensures the resulting information architecture can grow in response to changing needs and content. There's no special stacking hierarchy for the Connectors. However, they do have an official stacking size (most are size 3) in order to keep Dashboards constructed with the building blocks internally consistent.