2 Matching Annotations
- Nov 2020
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notes.andymatuschak.org notes.andymatuschak.org
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Systems which display backlinks to a node permit a new behavior: you can define a new node extensionally (rather than intensionally) by simply linking to it from many other nodes—even before it has any content.
Nodes in a knowledge management system can be defined extensionally, rather than intensionally, through their backlinks and their respective context.
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This effect requires Contextual backlinks: a simple list of backlinks won’t implicitly define a node very effectively. You need to be able to see the context around the backlink to understand what’s being implied.
Bi-Directional links, or backlinks, only help define the node being linked to if the context in which the links occur is also provided.
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