Ideas in this flowchart

• Related ideas and their connections
• Related ideas are knowledge units.
• Their relationship is based on meaning.
• Their relationship is not based only on publication position.
• Two ideas may have several kinds of relationships.
• They may explain similar subjects.
• They may provide evidence.
• They may describe causes.
• They may describe effects.
• They may describe causes and effects.
• They may present opposing arguments.
• These relationships form connections.
• The connections can form a broader knowledge network.
• The network links knowledge units.
• The network extends beyond publication position.
• Meaning connects ideas across the network.
• Related ideas become part of a broader knowledge structure.