Help:Nodes

What is a Node?

• More than anything, a node is simply a grouping of information on a specific topic.
• A node has a namespace and a title.
• A node is a collection of data.
• A node is an article, a datalog, and a dataspace.
• A node is owned by one user who is responsible for moderating content.
• Nodes connect together by user-defined hyper-linking.
• A node is a point of connection in the knowledge of this site.

What can you do with a Node?

• Focus a brainstorm on one concept.
• Categorize a torrent of collaboration.
• Write a draft of an article and ask for comments
• Publish a final report.
• Write a glossary term.
• Create an index or list of links to other nodes.
• Create a collective scrapbook.
• Start a competition.
• Write a poem for your mom.

Components of a node

For more information, see how to add and edit an article, browse and contribute to the Datalog, and browse the Dataspace.

Node namespaces

Main: namespace

Summary

The default namespace for nodes. If a node has no namespace specified it is in the main namespace. This is the only namespace with nodes displaying on the home page and search results.

Features

Datalog; dataspace; watchable; searchable; displayed on home page.

Example title

“Main:Towers” or just “Towers”

User: namespace

Summary

Nodes with article used to display a user’s profile, a datalog to allow personal discussion for a user, and dataspace to show files related to user’s metadata (user’s metadata?).

Features

Datalog; dataspace; watchable; linked-to from any page listing a username (the history page, articles with user:beau in the text, datalog entries, etc).

Example title

“User:Quinn”

Meta: namespace

Summary

Nodes that have information about the nodes. Core website pages such as project info, the contact page, and (maybe) the home page itself.

Features

Datalog; watchable.

Example title

“Meta:Contact”

Help: namespace

Summary

Nodes with documentation on how to use this website.

Features

Datalog; watchable.

Example title

“Help:Adding nodes”

Node Functions and URLs

When you are viewing a node you have the option of performing several functions on it. These are available above the title of the node as in this example:

However, different namespaces have different functions available. The 'hood function in this example only exists because this is a User: namespace node. Here is a list of all available node functions:

• view
• datalog
• dataspace
• edit
• history
• contribute
• watch
• unwatch
• hood
• hookup
• unhook

You will notice the URLs for these functions have a consistent format, {{/function/namespace:title}}, where is any of the terms listed above.