1. A method for creating a HTML/CSS representation of a geometric symbol, the method comprising: a. processing a symbol definition from a file; b. creating a web browser specific shape CSS class for each geometric shape comprised in the symbol definition; c. generating the HTML/CSS representation comprising the one or more created web browser specific shape CSS classes; d. wherein the creating further comprises determining equal attributes for each of the shapes and merging the equal attributes into a generic attribute CSS class; and e. creating a web browser specific attribute CSS class from the generic attribute CSS class.