Very neat, thanks for sharing Loretta!

I don't believe that the "Periodic table for Visualization Methods"  is a framework, it is just a reference tool for identifying different types of visual represtation techniques.  It is up to the Business Analyst to select the method that would best suit his or her audience's needs.  The website www.visual-literacy.org was developed to create course materials for fourteen universities on how to create good visual presentations.  And in reality, it is a great example of a visual way of introducing a large number of concepts to an untrained audience.

The essential differences of diagram types are (as far as I know) explained through the Business Analysts best practices, and other course work.

If the comment was regarding the actual Zachman Framework, my answer would be different.  John has always said that the framework provides the what of enterprise architecture; and that methodologies provide the "how to".  Whether you choose TOGAF, DODAF, or some other framework...and a BA would use the standard diagram choice for that methodology.