Vitamin: The Standards Way to Do Dynamic Data

http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-standards-way-to-do-dynamic-data
"Designer Sean Madden cooks up an example of presenting dynamic data graphically using XHTML, CSS and a dash of JavaScript - no Flash required

Somewhere in between presenting static information graphics and complex, interactive data dashboards there’s a need for a way to visualize moderately dynamic data on the web. Oftentimes the solutions you see implemented are clunky, for example, manually creating multiple frames of various data points and uploading them by hand. These methods scale poorly and try even the most patient."