Whiteboards, moodboards - let's discuss and gather ideas

Thank you to @cannibalox, @Peng_Xiao, @Aryan. I would pay money to accelerate this specific development.

use-case :

  • Concept maps,
  • argument maps,
  • debate graphs,
  • controversy mapping,
  • complex system interaction visualization

Logseq et al talk of their “knowledge graphs” which indeed are useful but not real graphs of knowledge. Well, if so, they are lower-order. Information becomes knowledge when the conceptual relationship between info blocks is articulated. Currently the link is basic hypertextual. Higher-order linking would articulate how one data block influences/modifies/compares etc to the other. These links can be tailored depending on the conceptual model or philosophical framework being employed. And a data block can sit in multiple models or frameworks.

most wanted features :

  • Link text/types are real. They exist as blocks/pages just like notes do. They are not just a text box.
  • hide/unhide links between blocks. (There may be multiple)
  • export to html and svg
  • nested maps/whiteboards.
  • drop-down and/or scroll-over/tooltip of block in map to reveal more info.
  • Shift-click or similar to open map/whiteboard node as note in sidebar to read detail
  • Multiple line types available for multiple link types
  • Map templates

experience with whiteboards:

Cmap Tools (concept mapping)
Tinderbox
Rationale (argument mapping)
Compendium (Dialogue mapping)

questions / random thoughts :

In these notetaking 2.0 communities, there is much talk of “Maps of Content”…but they are not maps. They are lists. This functionality could make a real map!

Trillium Notes seems to do what i’m talking about quite well already but everything else is inferior to Logseq.

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