# Diagonal span diagrams
```agda
module foundation.diagonal-span-diagrams where
```
<details><summary>Imports</summary>
```agda
open import foundation.span-diagrams
open import foundation.universe-levels
```
</details>
## Idea
Consider a map `f : A → B`. The
{{#concept "diagonal span diagram" Agda=diagonal-span-diagram}} of `f` is the
[span diagram](foundation.span-diagrams.md)
```text
f f
B <----- A -----> B.
```
## Definitions
### Diagonal span diagrams of maps
```agda
module _
{l1 l2 : Level} {A : UU l1} {B : UU l2} (f : A → B)
where
diagonal-span-diagram : span-diagram l2 l2 l1
diagonal-span-diagram = make-span-diagram f f
```