tuning the CS1-Wiki

The CompStrm-1 Wiki is in a pecular phase of development. Within the constraits of G1 (a number of issues intentionally not being addressed until a later generation), it works. Now its being tuned.

Norm is working with the CS1-Wiki, developing usage patterns which fit well with its capabilities. But some things are just too tough or obscure to be workable. Case in point, promote and demote were found to be just to hard to use when dealing with populated structures.

There is also a matter of balance. Eariler, I had allowed references to any name or child of any visible topic. But it wasn't always obvious then how a reference would be resolved. Now the displays have all been enhanced, and there is even a ref command which shows how each reference will be resolved.

And now we've got the reverse problem. With the restricted referencing capability (we had always allowed references to children of visible topics in eariler Arks), many more includes are needed. So I'm going to revert the referencing rule to make contexts easier to configure.

So just what is Norm trying to do with the Ark? The Ark is a tool for creating languages. Within each context there is a different set terms (WikiNames) that can be used. Using structure, includes and names, you can make the appropriate terms referencable for each such context (effectively defining a language for each context). Then you can compose text content and have at hand all the terms you need to weave a very fine knowledge net.