I wrote the code below to construct a directed graph with internal properties (for vertices, edges, and the graph itself) and write everything to a graphml file. The code compiles and works as it is, but my two questions are: 1. What dynamic property do I have to add to write the graph properties out to the graphml file as well? So far I could only figure out how to write vertex and edge properties. 2. Does everything else look good? Specifically, is it O.K. to define the properties the way I did in the first typedef line (without using boost::property<>), and is it O.K. to access the properties the way I do it? Juerg //--- start of example code typedef boost::adjacency_list<boost::listS, boost::vecS, boost::directedS, std::string, std::string, std::string> Graph; typedef boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor vertex_t; typedef boost::graph_traits<Graph>::edge_descriptor edge_t; Graph g; vertex_t u = boost::add_vertex(g); vertex_t v = boost::add_vertex(g); edge_t e; bool b; boost::tie(e,b) = boost::add_edge(u,v,g); g[u] = "a_vertex_name"; g[v] = "an_other_vertex_name"; g[e] = "an_edge_name"; boost::get_property(g) = "the_graph"; boost::dynamic_properties dp; dp.property("vertex_data", boost::get(boost::vertex_bundle, g)); dp.property("edge_data", boost::get(boost::edge_bundle, g)); std::ofstream graphmlOutFile("graph.xml"); boost::write_graphml(graphmlOutFile, g, dp, true); graphmlOutFile.close();